Re: copyright

[ABurke5054@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/28/2006 3:37:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
gbracey1@verizon.net writes:

Art, I think you're dodging.  My question is  about logic, not issues.  I'm 
certainly not going to struggle through a  24 page gov't publication just 
because you cite it.  Especially since it  is way prior to the advent of the Net.
 
Again I ask, now not expecting a reply, if making  copies is against 
copyright law, why do papers offer an "email this article"  option?



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Making copies may violate copyright law under some circumstances.   Leaving 
aside the question of the difference between logic and issues, I assume  that 
papers offer an "email this article" option because it is in  their best 
interest to do so.  I assume it has something to do with  increasing their 
visibility and circulation. Remember that holders of copyrights  can decide how to 
distribute their work.  My interest in the use of  copyrighted material for 
educational use started after a school district  lawyer told about a teacher who 
brought "Cinderalla" from home and showed  it to her first-grade class.  Natch 
the kids loved it.  One little  girl told her parents, one of whom worked for 
Disney.  One thing led to  another and eventually the school got a cease and 
desist order from Disney,  which of course it obeyed.  Remember too that the 
appeals court ruled that  Schmidt had a right to fair use of the Chicago tests for 
purposes of criticism,  but it did not decide exactly what constituted fair 
use in that context.   That's pretty much a case by case decision in all 
copyright cases.
 
Art
 
Art