Re: Books on cyanotype/Copyrights?
Jim Spiri (plyboy@teleport.com)
Tue, 13 Feb 1996 08:00:42 -0800
>rcothren@comp.uark.edu (Russell Cothren) writes:
>
>> Teachers copy stuff all of the time for educational purposes. Is it
>> unlawful if it is for educational purposes ONLY? I will have to go through
>> my
>> copuright books again, but i think it is allowed for educational purposes
>> only. Are you profiting from these lectures?
>
>To the extent that the teachers make copies of copyrighted material,
>they are breaking the law. It used to be standard practice for college
>instructors to ask for "desk copies" of text books and then send
>chapters to the local campus copy center for replication for the whole
>class. Finally, the textbook publishers got wise and started cracking
>down on this (IMO sleazy) practice. I do have sympathy for wanting to
>avoid the high cost of text books, but this is not the way to do it.
At several schools i've attended in the Western US(A), it is still routine
for teachers to assemble "readers" from any sources, then SELL them through
the local (chain) copy shop (required reading). It's gotta be illegal cuz
K***** makes profit. Some teachers do obtain legal permission (i was asked
for permission to include a paper i'd written- considered it a compliment).
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