So Matthew --
>On the other hand, I agree that the issue sometimes gets taken too far the
>other way. Today I gave a lecture on contemporary poetry and was not allowed
>to give out photocopies of the poems to my students. I can't see why this
>should apply in a limited group for educational purposes.
-- maybe what we do now is either get an old fashioned overheqad projector,
or if we have these neat new 'smart rooms' as we do here, take the poem in
on a computer & flash it on a screen. I assume that will be allowed...?
Silly, but then as often said, The Law is an ass.
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
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My roof was once firm
yet now it cannot even
keep the stars out.
Christopher Dewdney
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