[ale] Fair Use question

[Jim Kinney]

1 is a direct copyright violation.
2 is questionable as it's a format change not for archival purposes. If
those pdf become available for anyone but you, that can get you nailed.
3 is questionable as well.

That teacher needs an education.


On Sun, Oct 9, 2022, 7:21 PM David Jackson via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

>
> I'm taking a class at church that is using a $15 textbook.  There's also a
> $15 workbook that the teacher is making xerox copies of the required pages
> for each lesson for our classroom discussion.  I bought another copy from
> the publishers that gives a copy of the text, workbook, and a year's online
> access to both and also to educational movies for each lesson.
>
> 1. Is it Fair Use to the teacher to make xerox copies of the workbook each
> week?
>
> 2. Is it Fair Use for me to make weekly PDFs of the online content if only
> for my own use?  How about for sharing with other class members?
>
> 3. Is it Fair Use for me to make copies of the movies for a year?  What
> about keeping copies beyond the year?
>
>
> Okay, this is really small potatoes here I know, but basically the teacher
> called me a criminal, I thought she was wrong, and after a little googling,
> now I'm not sure.  So are any of us in this class breaking the Fair Use
> clause in this class?
>
> TIA!
>
> Dave
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