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Genevieve-

(Standard "I am not a lawyer" disclaimer)

My answer would be to examine the transformative nature of the work. A oral reading 
is transitory. It cannot be reproduced or carried about. Creating a recording is 
more permanent and can be reproduced and duplicated. (And probably will be)

Any time a work is transitioned into a new style--there are copyright questions 
that should be asked carefully. (Just Ask Shepard Fairey!)

However! If the book is public domain (Twain, Shakespeare, Verne?) I'd say "go for 
it."

You might want to check, too--if a students 504 plan calls for the book to be read 
to them, that can specifically mean "read to them" and not "provided with 
audiobook."

(Finally, have you checked if the book is available as audio? $20-40 is not too 
much to ask for clear consciences.)

Harry

Harry F. Coffill
hcoffill@egrps.org
Media Center Specialist
East Grand Rapids Middle School
Drama Department
East Grand Rapids High School

>>> Genevieve Gallagher <Genevieve.Gallagher@CCS.K12.VA.US> 11/05/09 1:01 PM >>>
I'm 99% sure that I know the answer to this, but I could really use some 
documentation/citations/anecdotes about it.  A teacher wants to create their own 
recordings of books to be used only as a read-along with the print book that they 
own.  These are books for which no recording is available commercially.  They will 
be used by ELL students and the book and recording will always be used together.  
Can they do this?  I said no, but they asked what the difference between that and a 
read-aloud was.
Thanks,
Genevieve

Genevieve Gallagher
Librarian
Buford Middle School
Charlottesville, VA
gallagg1@ccs.k12.va.us

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