Re: Copyrights

Maria Daniels (maria@perseus.tufts.edu)
Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:43:24 -0500

One other point. The artworks students see are usually determined by which
artists even get published or shown in the first place, and we end up
seeing some of the same work over and over again just by virtue of its
accessibility. So we are limited in the range of work we end up seeing.
Because of this, I am sympathetic to more relaxed copyright laws for
*educational* purposes. There should be a distinction between someone
copying material for profit (or to avoid paying for it), and copying for
teaching. I don't think people should go buy one copy of Judy Siegel's
book and make a dozen copies of it lock stock and barrel, to save their
students a few dollars. But if there were some good reproductions of her
work in the book, I would want to make a few slides of the work to show
students in class. Doesn't this make sense?

Happy Valentines Day to everyone!

Maria Daniels