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Anne,
I don't pretend to be an expert in copyright problems. Everyday,
something new arises. However, several years ago I was teaching a graduate
class at George Mason University on learning styles. One of the teaching
magazines had a wonderful article explaining all of the learning style
theories, giving examples and all that good stuff. In a burst of
enthusiasm, I made copies for each of the members of my class. When I
thought about the copyright issue, I felt that I was meeting the "class
set, one time and one time only" rule. But, our district had actually had
two copyright suits and all of us were nervous so I wrote to the publishers
of the periodical. Guess what? They said that they would be delighted if
I used the article as long as I sent them several hundreds of dollars.
RESULT --- I had lots of call slips after I cut the articles up into tiny
pieces.
Advice --- the social studies teacher should really write to the
magazine and ask permission. It's only fair --- and safe!
Suzy Hawley
hawleys@mail.firn.edu
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