In an age where educational materials can be digitized and
hosted online to provide for easy access virtually anywhere,
schools face the decision of making course materials available
online, and running the risk of getting ensnared in a copyright
infringement lawsuit, or constraining their students to
traditional learning methods. The University of California Los
Angeles chose the former path, hosting a digitized version of a
DVD series of Shakespearean productions on a password protected
network that could only be accessed by students and faculty. In
December 2010, the Association for Information and Media
Equipment (AIME) filed a lawsuit against UCLA, claiming that the
university infringed upon the copyrights of Ambrose Video, a
company which is an institutional member of AIME, and owns the
rights to the Shakespearean DVD series. The owner of a
copyrighted work has exclusive rights to reproduce and display
the work. The copyright owner may also license these rights to
other parties. Though UCLA had licensed