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Interviews Marybeth Peters, United States Register of Copyrights. Topics including content and library communities; A pending copyright law that librarians believe does not address fair use in the digital realm; Response to a statement by American Library Association's Adam Eisgrau; More.

Announces that the United States Senate unanimously passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The addressing of library concerns in July 1998 in the House of Representatives; Support of the bill by the Clinton administration; How the bill updates the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright treaty to address digital works.

States that the United States Copyright Office has adopted interim regulations regarding the library and archive exception to the 20-year extension on the life-plus-50-year copyright term. How the exception provides for use of a work if it is not subject to normal commercial exploitation and cannot be obtained at a reasonable price; How the owner can void the exception; Web site address for the US Copyright Office.

Reports that US District Judge Pierre Leval ruled on July 22, 1992 that the unfettered photo-copying of single articles by a research scientist is forbidden under the Copyright Act of 1976. The seven years of deliberations, involving six publishers of scientific journals who banded together to sue Texaco Inc. for allegedly violating the copyright law's fair use provision; Dealing with the much-maligned Copyright Clearance Center (CCC); More.