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as to avoid disqualifying the institution from eligibility. As to the other limitations, the
knowledge or awareness of the faculty member or student will not be attributed to the
institution. The following conditions must be met:
! the faculty member or graduate student’s infringing activities do not
involve providing online access to course materials that were required
or recommended during the past three years;
! the institution has not received more than two notifications over the
past three years that the faculty member or graduate student was
infringing; and
! the institution provides all of its users with informational materials
describing and promoting compliance with copyright law.
TITLE III: COMPUTER MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR
Title III expands the existing exemption relating to computer programs in
section 117 of the Copyright Act, which allows the owner of a copy of a program to
make reproductions or adaptations when necessary to use the program in conjunction
with a computer. The amendment permits the owner or lessee of a computer to make
or authorize the making of a copy of a computer program in the course of maintaining
or


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