Re: digital-copyright Digest 13 Sep 2002 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 68

[Laura Young Bost <laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

May I suggest you read the information at:

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/chavez.htm

Just because you are with a state institution, you may want to carefully consider whether to ignore copyright law.
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Laura Young Bost, Rights Manager
University of Texas Press
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On Friday, September 13, 2002 10:00 AM, digital-copyright-digest-h
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>Stan Gardner's Question
>	160 by: lindseym.wsu.edu
>	161 by: John T. Mitchell
>	162 by: Janice T. Pilch
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>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:02:07 -0700
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>So I believe the scenario BARELY tips against fair use. But...if the
>college is a state institution, it's only an ethical issue because state
>institutions are immune from infringement suits.Sovereign Immunity, folks.
>For state colleges, it's time to consider what is ethical and reasonable,
>not what is legal liability.
>
>Marc Lindsey
>Copyright Specialist
>Washington State University
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>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:56:36 -0400
>To: <lindseym@xxxxxxx>,
>	<digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: "John T. Mitchell" <jmitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: Stan Gardner's Question
>Message-ID: <005e01c25a8e$1eabd9f0$0b0a3f42@PKJTM>
>
>Implicit in Marc Lindsey's response is that the conduct at issue here -
>a "reproduction" regardless whether by making photocopies or digital
>reproductions via e-mail - is the same.  That is, the copyright
>implicated is the right of reproduction, and there is nothing inherent
>in reproduction of X copies by e-mail to students that alters the fair
>use analysis that would have been applied to making X photocopies to
>hand out in class to those same students.
>
>John
>
>John T. Mitchell
>Public Policy Director
>Public Knowledge
>www.publicknowledge.org

>This is a response to Marc Lindsey's reply, which was very informative. I
>have never been aware of sovereign immunity from copyright infringement
>for state institutions. Might you recommend a legal source on
>this?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Janice Pilch
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