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I serve on a non-profit board (swim club) and had a copyright issue come up last night. The board would like to put copies of a guideline "The Ten Commandments for Swim Parents" in the registration packet. The copy does have a person's name and the source the information was adopted from. I expressed concern that this does not put us in copyright compliance. The information was copied from a book and we need to request permission to copy and distribute. Of course, there is a lawyer on the board who assured everyone that she could make it copyright compliant under fair use. My interpretation of fair use does not apply to this situation. I believe the contention is because we are non-profit, and not making profit from the distribution, that we are ok. I disagree. I believe that we are required to obtain permission. Thoughts? Suggested resources? Rachelle Wynkoop Algonac High School Media Specialist Algonac, MI 48001 rwynkoop@algonac.k12.mi.us -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------