Technology has become essential in education. In order to give learners the skill sets needed to thrive in a twenty-first century world, many countries around the world have started to incorporate technology in the educational environment. For developing Latin American countries specifically, the use of technology in education represents an opportunity to solve salient problems that often plague their educational systems. Nonetheless, some Latin American countries have failed to consider the fact that copyright law governs, at least in part, how technology can be effectively used in education. Consequently, some of these countries have established regimes, such as Technological Protection Measures (“TPMs” or “TPM”), which do not favor the development of public policies that facilitate the incorporation of technology in education. Although the relationship between copyright and education has been a hotly debated topic since the beginning of copyright law, the literature has not addressed the issues that arise between the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (“ICTs” or “ICT”) in education and copyright law. Nor has the literature addressed the impact the United States’ bilateral commercial treaties in Latin America have on education in the region. Therefore, for the first time in the literature, this paper brings together three controversial subjects in the copyright field: education, technology, and Free Trade Agreements (“FTAs”) focusing on the cases of Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. First, this paper provides a brief examination of the transformation of the learning process through the use of the technology. Second, this paper describes the importance of technology for Latin American countries, using as examples technological initiatives established in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. Third, this paper describes the TPM protection international obligations that the United States’ Latin American trade parties are required to fulfill. Fourth, this paper explains the potential difficulties created by standards such as TPMs in the incorporation of technology in education. Fifth, this paper describes the maximalist approach to TPM obligations that Latin American countries such as Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala have adopted in their implementation legislation of FTAs with the United States. Finally, this paper concludes that the approach taken by Latin American countries goes beyond the obligations of the commercial agreements with the United States and does not provide a TPM model that can boost or allow for full engagement with the new type of education that such countries seek. Therefore, the efforts of domestic governments in incorporating ICTs in education may become worthless.