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> First is copyright. It's difficult enough to get through the copyright issues to produce printed lab material for a class; publishing online adds an additiona
by anticensor 8y ago
> First is copyright. It's difficult enough to get through the copyright issues to produce printed lab material for a class; publishing online adds an additional layer: Material has to be licensed for unlimited distribution, in a way that is compliant with each country's copyright laws.
Most have fair use or fair dealing exemptions covering classroom and exercise use. Can you exemplify a jurisdiction that does not have enough fair use/dealing?
- jki275 8y agoI can't imagine any legal construct anywhere in which classroom use of a textbook that was copyright infringing would fall under fair use. Can you provide some legal reasoning that would support that assertion?