Re: TARGET: Copyright and IEP

[Dan Robinson <dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net>]

How can you get in trouble when you are doing the right thing: You're
asking permission first (and  getting it).  Many of the copyright
questions asked here can be solved by contacting the publisher and
explaining the use to be made and why. If you have written permission
on file, you are safe.  The earlier question about recording audio
tapes of books to be used in the classroom, or as a learning
experience by the students would be legal if the publisher granted
permission. Scanning a bookcover onto a website would surely be legal
if the publisher granted permission. In these cases it's better to
ask permission first, than either disappoint the students or be hit
with a lawsuit.

If you want to go directly to the source, the US Copyright Office has
webpages at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ .

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com (work)
dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net (home)


On  6 Dec 98 at 14:49, Vicki Walker wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> I am probably going to get into trouble for saying what we do in these
> situations, but I am looking out for the child's education and feel that the
> IEP is more important than some publishers ideas; however, I do contact the
> publishers and have found them to be most appreciative of my asking and have in
> every case granted me permission. Also, when we negotiate with the textbook
> publishers, we bring this topic up and have received permission.
>
[snipped]
>
> Very few publishers, I would think, would get angry if you used your best
> judgement. Most publishers now will accept copyright questions by fax so I
> usually receive my answers very quickly.
>
> Vicki Walker
> Southwest Allen County School
> vwalker@sacs.k12.in.us
>
>
>
>
> Sarah Lantz,sarahl@CCPL.CARR.LIB.MD.US,Internet writes:
> >Last week I addressed two of our teaching teams on the particulars of the
> >U.S. Copyright Law and Congressional Guidelines and how they impact
> >educators.  It was an interesting experience to put it mildly!
> >
> >The teachers came up with many good questions two of which follow:
> >    If a student's IEP states that he/she must have a hard copy to write on
> >how can we make
> >    copies of text book pages?  (I would say you have to purchase a text book
> >specifically for
> >    that student to write in.  Any other suggestions?  What if the textbook
> >is out of print?  Would
> >    we really have to purchase a whole new set of books in order to meet both
> >Copyright Law
> >    and special ed law?)   AND
> >
> >    If a student's IEP states that he/she must have the print enlarged from a
> >textbook or other
> >    material used in class, how can we copy those (textbook or other
> >materials)?   (I would say
> >    you would need to write to the publisher for permission to do so.  Any
> >other ideas?  What if they
> >    say "no" ?  You then have one law butting heads with another law.)
> >
> >Thank you for any insight you can shed on these two questions.
> >--
> >Sally Lantz   mailto:sarahl@ccpl.carr.org
> >Media Specialist
> >West Frederick Middle School
> >515 W. Patrick Street
> >Frederick, MD 21701
> >
>

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