[ccccip] Publishers sue university over publication of classreading materials

[Jeff Galin]

Jessica,
	I would as well.  Our library here has cracked down to the point
that faculty in English approached the Department chair to ask what could be
done.  I attended a web conference on online reserves and posted a specific
question about them to Ken Crews of IUPUI.  He is probably the best person
we could get on this issue as he is a librarian and (I think) an attorney
and runs the Copyright Center at IUPUI.  This issue crosses concerns over
the disappearance of fair use, another issue that I am working on these
days.

Cheers,
jrg

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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [ccccip] Publishers sue university over publication of
classreading materials

Jessica,

I'd be willing to help out with or participate in an action table on
coursepacks. Although [standard disclaimer to follow] I can't offer any
special legal expertise in this area, I have been following the topic for
some time with a great deal of interest. Ideally for this table, or for the
caucus in general, it would be good to have non-composition people on hand
to lend their perspectives -- copyright lawyers, librarians, campus IP
administrators, publishers' reps, etc. Being in San Francisco, it ought to
be easier to find local digital people willing to attend the caucus.

Regards, Jim Porter

 

> I'm jumping in late on this, but I just found the time to read this
> interesting discussion.
> 
> I've been waiting for something like this, which could lead to some
> clarification on the fair use issue as it relates to course packets. When
I
> was a research assistant for the University of Minnesota Libraries'
> Copyright Information and Education Initiative (an outreach program
designed
> to educate the university community on copyright issues), this very issue
of
> "electronic coursepacks" and how they differ from e-reserves and from
print
> coursepacks was a very contentious one. On that campus, there was wide
> disagreement about what needed permissions - a Copyright Permissions
Center,
> of course,  supported permissions for the use of copyrighted articles, and
> the instructional technologists who supported Blackboard did not perceive
> readings posted there as a "coursepack." The disagreement, in large part,
> was based on whether a set of readings was characterized as a coursepack
or
> e-reserves (based on various institutionally-determined factors). And
these
> definitions often subsequently led to the development of guidelines about
> use and away from case-by-case determinations of fair use.
> 
> Would anyone would be interested in co-presenting an action table at next
> year's caucus on copyright and electronic "course packets"? It's an issue
of
> great concern to libraries and, of course, has implications for the
ongoing
> fair use debate regarding the use of copyrighted materials for education.
I
> could share my understanding of how institutionally-defined concepts of
> "coursepack" and "e-reserves" and "readings lists" posted on Blackboard
have
> implications for the debate, if this topic seems of interest.
> 
> Best,
> Jessica
> 
> --
> Jessica Reyman
> Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Writing
> Department of English
> Northern Illinois University
> DeKalb, IL 60115
> Ph: 815-753-6644
> Email: jreyman at niu.edu
> 
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Charlie Lowe <lowech at gvsu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Here's more coverage. Charles Bailey has an extensive collection of
>> links on commentary:
>> 
>> 
>>
http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2008/04/17/georgia-state-copyrig
h
>> t-infringement-suit-coverage-and-commentary/
>> 
>> Charlie Lowe wrote:
>>> FYI: This came through on digital-copyright at lists.umuc.edu. Here is the
>>> link to the complaint which was filed:
>>> 
>>> 
>>
http://www.publishers.org/main/PressCenter/documents/GSUlawsuitcomplaint.pdf
>>> 
>>> Charlie
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James E. Porter
Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures
Co-Director, WIDE Research Center
http://kairos.wide.msu.edu/porter/
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