TECH: Copyright Violations???

[Carole Bierwiler <CHBmedia@AOL.COM>]

    One of our third grade teachers came in today to return books and
casually asked me whether she could "borrow" a bunch of CD's (software
programs) and take them to the computer lab to burn them so she'd have a set
to use next year in her portable classroom which is not connected to the
school's server and therefore has no access to the programs she'd like.  I
told her that I felt that was a violation of copyright and could not do that.
 Her answer was that the tech person in our school does it all the time!  I
guess it is okay if someone else does it and gets away with it??
    My question:  How would you handle this without causing major waves, yet
making it clear what the copyright concerns are?  We do not yet have a policy
on the use of the CD burner as it is a recent purchase (not housed in the
media center, but in the computer lab which is in a separate location) and
the only one who really has had access to it before now has been the TECH
person.  Am I overreacting?? Hurry with answers, please.
Carole Bierwiler, media Specialist
Fairway Elementary
Miramar, FL 33023
CHBMedia@aol.com

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