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Who still uses coursepacks?

I read something about a suit brought by publishers against Georgia State a few days ago and did not think much more about it (NY Times). Then Carvin offered a blog post on the same topic. It seems Georgia State has been providing students digital reproductions of content from several publishers without authorization. My first [...]

Posted 22 April 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Would you liberalize fair use if you could?

Ed bloggers (here unnamed) have latched on to a School Library Journal article suggesting educators often unnecessarily limit themselves (and their students) with a conservative interpretation of fair use. Fear and guilt seemed regularly in the way of innovative teaching and creative expression. While I am not a lawyer (anyone who comments on copyright says [...]

Posted 03 April 2008 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

More on “Fair Use”

Here a few more comments related to yesterday’s post on “fair use” in educational settings. My understanding of what educators should encourage is based largely on my reading of the TEACH Act and related commentary (e.g.., Georgia Harper). The very necessity of the TEACH Act suggests to me that educational fair use should not be [...]

Posted 04 January 2008 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

I must respectfully disagree

I hate to begin the new year by complaining, but I find that I must. Perhaps I should suggest that my comments are intended to offer a different perspective. I guess you are free to interpret my remarks as you will. This post was prompted by a recent post on the 21st Collaborative blog concerning [...]

Posted 03 January 2008 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Fair Use – Video

Educators who want to involve their students in multimedia authoring and Internet sharing will need to consider topics that educators might avoid under more traditional circumstances. Authoring and distribution requires special attention to copyright and safety issues. Some assistance may be available for those educators who would describe what their students are doing as creating [...]

Posted 28 February 2007 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Explaining Fair Use, Copyright

The Duke Law School has decided to use a new approach to explain some challenging concepts – copyright and fair use. The idea is to embed core ideas within the story line of a comic book. The storyline follows the adventures of a filmmaker and her struggles with the reality of fair use. The link [...]

Posted 17 March 2006 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Things that will be free

Jimmy Wales, temporarily posting to Lawrence Lessig’s blog, is authoring a series of posts on “things that will be free.” He began with encyclopedias using his own work on wikipedia as an example. His second post (the link above) concerns curriculum – he means curriculum materials such as books. I continue to think about this [...]

Posted 05 August 2005 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: