Carol Simpson spoke about this issue just last week at the AISL meeting in
Dallas. She did question whether turnitin has the rights to retain copies
of a student's paper; however, the student basically does give up some
rights when he / she submits it to the company as a part of the requirements
for the course. I'm wondering how long it will take before a student brings
a case against Turnitin rather than the school district (which we've seen
recently)--after all, that's where the money is....
In addition, Dr. Simpson spoke about teachers keeping copies of students'
work. She told us that it WAS ILLEGAL for us to keep copies of students'
work WITHOUT the consent of the parent / guardian / student.
How many of us are thinking this one through? (I'm ready for more insights
on this issue....Dr. Simpson???)
~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joni Rathbun" <jrathbun@OREDNET.ORG>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:59 PM
Subject: TAR: Copyright issues and turnitin.com
> Are there copyright issues involved when a service such as turnitin.com
> is allowed to retain a student's paper for future use in the turnitin
> database - without the student's permission?
>
> I suppose IOW -- does a k12 student give up copyright to research
> papers written as school assignments, thus making it legal for the
> school to submit their paper to turnitin for RETENTION (this is
> separate from turning it it just to be CHECKED) without consulting
> the student?
>
> And on the side... Can schools legally retain copies of student papers
> without student permission? Hardcopy format? Digital format? Does it
matter?
> I know we all do it. I'm wondering if there are any legal issues tho....
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
>
> J. Rathbun, Librarian
> Mojave High School
> Clark County School District
> Las Vegas, Nevada
> Email: jrathbun@orednet.org
> http://ccsd.net/schools/mojave/library
>
> Leave it to Beaver was not a documentary.
>
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