shouting loudly

Quoth NPR.org (where you can listen to the audio):

All Things Considered, November 27, 2006 · The Digital Millennium Copyright Act made it illegal to reproduce copyrighted material from DVDs — even short excerpts. That proved to be an enormous obstacle to the professors of college film-studies programs, who wanted to be able to burn discs of selected scenes for their classes. Three professors from the University of Pennsylvania asked for an academic exemption to the law. And surprisingly, they say, it has been granted. From member station WHYY, Joel Rose reports.

This is awesome; not only did we win, NPR covered the story. They even quoted an EFF attorney, bringing attention to the problems of the DMCA (which still stand, despite this small victory).