In a message dated 14/03/03 20:23:17 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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A lecturer's copyright is indeed infringed if copies of a transcribed
lecture are circulated save where a single copy is made solely for the
purpose of 'private study'. It is infered from the letter that, while more
than one student with a relevant disability could legitimately record and
transcribe the same lecture, each would have to do so separately. It would
be an infringement for one student to circulate a transcript to others,
even those entitled through relevant disability to possess a transcript.
The ALCS legal advisor suggests that the University's disability advisor
consider drafting and circulating a University policy statement clearly
stating the legal position and which can be included in course materials.
This seems a sensible course of action.
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This assumes that the individual lecturer has any copyright in the material
he is being paid to prepare and deliver by his employer.
Some universities have a policy of recording lectures and placing them in the
library for *any* student to borrow. My son was on such a course.
Mick Trott
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