Eric Johnson wrote:
> I recently have tried to do the same and was quite pleased with my own
> cleverness UNTIL a colleague told me that what I was doing (using cartoons
> as powerpoint illustrations) was illegal. She said that at another
> institution, word came down from administration that any use of such
> material without consent (written?) was illegal and faculty had to stop
> using these items.
It sounds like a paranoid institution.
"(T)he fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by
reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means
specified by that section, for purposes such as... teaching
(including multiple copies for classroom use)... is not an
infringement of copyright."
Here is the law from
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/title17/1-107.html>
This is the US Copyright Office at the Library of Congress.
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107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair
use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in
copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that
section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,
teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use),
scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In
determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case
is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include --
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether
such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit
educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in
relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or
value of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a
finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of
all the above factors.
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New Mexico State Univ - Alamogordo Fax: (505) 439-3802
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