RE: Intellectual property question

["Wates Edward" <Edward.Wates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Valerie,

Items (2) and (3) would be non-controversial from a publisher
perspective, provided the institution had print and/or electronic
subscriptions to the publications in question.

Item (1) would depend on the individual publisher's policy regarding
photocopying, but I believe most would permit this provided the
appropriate fee is made to the relevant Reproductive Rights Organization
(Copyright Clearance Center or similar).

I hope this answers your query.

With best wishes,

Edward Wates
UK Journal Production Director
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford OX4 2DQ
Tel: +44(0)1865 476493
Fax: +44(0)1865 471493
e-mail: edward.wates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: Valerie A. Lang [mailto:langval@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 September 2004 16:13
To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Intellectual property question

Colleagues,

Suppose a professor is developing a new course for which there is no
textbook available.  How can an instructor assign students to read a
selection of articles as the "text" for the course without running afoul
of
copyright?

Essentially, the articles or excerpts would function as the text, but
the
instructor would refer to them in course materials as assigned readings.

I can imagine three ways of doing this so far, but I'm not certain of
the
copyright implications.

1) Copy articles or excerpts and distribute them to students in class.

2) Assign students to locate hardcopies of articles and read them.

3) Assign students to read articles that are available online via
research
databases.


Thanks in advance.

Valerie A. Lang
Instructor/Librarian
Hudson Valley Community College
80 Vandenburgh Avenue
Troy, NY  12180
518.629.7319