Copyright hearings on NII bill threaten future of fair use.

Informs about the hearings held in February 1996 on the NII Copyright Protection Act of 1995 (H.R. 2441). Why librarians and academics are troubled by the implications of the bill, especially the limiting of free access to materials; The potential liability for copyright violations; The report of the Information Infrastructure Task Force's Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, known as the `White Paper.'