By: The World A.T. Ways » In which old world copyright gives way to new world creative commons

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:10:22 +0000

[...] In a previous post, Kevin spoke about copyright and Creative Commons from the perspective of a faculty member. Just ten years ago a significant amount of my time as a language lab director involved enforcing and documenting compliance with various media copyright requirements. In some languages, for example, we were allowed to make copies of audio materials for students to listen to outside the lab, for others, only for in-lab listening and for yet another group of students, for playback on a restricted number of lab stations. In no instance could we give individuals not enrolled in a particular course access to the media associated with that course. Software licenses had to be renewed annually and the number of licenses matched against the number of lab computers. We could make one copy of each film we purchased for archival purposes only, and in the event the original was damaged or lost, we could then, and only then, use that backup while we waited for our replacement to arrive. If faculty wanted help in inserting portions of legally purchased copyrighted material into say, a powerpoint presentation for use in class or for a lecture, we would have to evaluate if its use fell within the Fair Use Guidelines. [...]

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