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Topics of the day:

  1. copyright

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Date:    Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:04:08 -0700
From:    Richard Hake <rrhake at EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: copyright

Some subscribers to IFETS might be interested in a recent 
discussion-list post "Re: copyright" [Hake (2012)]. The abstract 
reads:

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ABSTRACT: PhysLrnR's William Baraway wrote (paraphrasing): "I've 
pulled down a pdf of "Learning Trajectory Based Instruction: Toward
a Theory of Teaching,"  Educational Researcher 41(5): 147-156 and I 
think it is legal to share in this context.  If there is interest, 
just let me know."

To which PhysLrnR's D.J. Wagner (DJW) responded (paraphrasing):
"I can download pdfs from several journals, as may my students. 
However, according to our librarians, I cannot download a pdf to a 
network folder that I share with students."

I think that DJW's making pdf's available to her students would be
in accord with "Fair Use" of copyrighted material as provided for in 
Sections 107 and 108 of the US Copyright Law; see e.g., Cornell 
University Law School information for Sect. 107 at 
<http://bit.ly/eNseEp> and Sect. 108 at <http://bit.ly/qyWm2Y>.

In the latter it's stated that (translating from legalise to 
English): "it is not an infringement of copyright for a library
or archives to reproduce no more than one copy of a work, and to 
distribute such copy, provided the distribution is made without any 
purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage and includes a 
notice that the work is or may be protected by copyright."

It should be noted that standardista-basher Susan Ohanian 
<http://bit.ly/LPTI2p>, Net-Gold's David Dillard <http://yhoo.it/Ob44aC>,
and Math-Teach's indefatigable Jerry Becker <http://bit.ly/OOwkNZ> have
all been distributing copyrighted material for years without substantive
problems. Doubtless the verb "becker," meaning "to distribute copyrighted 
material free of charge, consistent with 'Fair Use', " will doubtless 
make it into Webster's by 2020.

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To access the complete 9 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/LWmBtO>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES [URL shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed 17 July 2012.
Hake, R.R. 2012. "Re: copyright" online on the OPEN AERA-L archives 
at <http://bit.ly/LWmBtO>. Post of 17 Jul 2012 09:34:35 -0700 to 
AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are 
being transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog 
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/LwI2jv> with a provision for comments.

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