copywrite conversation [and going rogue]

RE: Bribery and Cultural Relativism in the assigned reading. this writer 12/5/2010 5:58:01 AM
...thanks John. That issue is always a worthy chew.
Had this been a not for profit school you could have reproduced the passage under current copyright law.
Alas, I would have done so anyway under the heading of civil disobedience : )

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RE: Bribery and Cultural Relativism in the assigned reading. Instructor 12/5/2010 2:53:11 PM
this writer,
please....I hope you are just joking!
Another way could be, if the book is available on any book selling sites you can just include the web link.
There is always a legal and a right way.
Dr.G.P

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RE: Bribery and Cultural Relativism in the assigned reading. this writer 12/5/2010 3:31:02 PM
No, I wasn't joking. Private schools (like Ringling, Eckerd...) and state schools (like USF, Princeton...) can copy passages of copywriten material within academic context for purposes of learning. Schools that are in a position to turn a profit are disallowed the privilege as the reasoning suggests we might leverage that.
An great example is that Ringling can have a movie marathon for its students (with or without academic purpose, though it must forthrightly put it out there as academic), say, a Halloween movie marathon. No problem, just don't charge admission. For Argosy the sense is we already charge admission because of the way entrance to the institution is set up.
The same goes for youtube videos ... some I can show at one school, others I can only offer a link.
Etcetera.
My sense is that learning is sacred and should trump whether someone might make a one hundredth of a penny or not from a youtube video that would have helped make a point in a classroom setting.

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RE: Bribery and Cultural Relativism in the assigned reading. Instructor 12/5/2010 4:23:18 PM
I thought you were joking with the "civil disobedience" part.

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RE: Bribery and Cultural Relativism in the assigned reading. this writer 12/5/2010 7:13:32 PM
: )
nope
sometimes I even sneak a video clip in for my class anyway
I'm hard core for my kids