Simon,
Yes, they might well be in breach. In fact, it sounds like they
probably are already in breach distributing things in the way you suggest.
However, assuming they have got an appropriate license to behave as they are
on paper, it wouldn't necessarily cover electronic distribution. Password
protection is irrelevant though it might contribute to a license (see the
CHIC license under which Newcastle distributes those materials). E.g. there
are two separate CLARCS licenses -- one for photocopying and for electronic.
If you are going to the meeting in Durham at 1pm, we can discuss
this further. For my sins copyright wallah is one of my tasks at Teesside.
Regards,
Bruce
Bruce Douglas Ingraham, ILTM
Teaching Fellow &
Open & Distance Learning Policy Manager
Centre for Lifelong Learning
University of Teesside
Middlesbrough
United Kingdom
tel. 44 (0)1642 384260
fax 44 (0)1642 384201
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-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Fitzpatrick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 July 2001 12:08
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Copyright
Hi
Can someone save me time digging into copyright issues to answer this
please:
If a lecturer wishes to upload extracts of an academic paper (which s/he
would normally photo-copy and hand out to students) into his/her Blackboard
account, are they likely to transgress copyright? In other words the
materials are secured through Blackboard pasword protection, and hence the
materials are only available to the students who would attend the lectures.
We should know the answer to this, but no-one locally will admit to giving
a definitive answer
tia
simonf
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