At UCLA the professor had to agree to having the notes sold. It doesn't seem that you could sell notes without the speaker's permission. With this website no notes are sold though - what is sold is transcription. Also, I don't know how you could have the notes transcribed if you were not in class (presumably you have to be in class to audio record the lecture). Also, I wonder how big of a market this is (transcription of an audio recorded lecture) for a non-disabled student. You go to class and you audio recorded the lecture. Then you upload the audio recording and receive a written transcript. You will now read the transcript of the lecture? Why not just listen to the audio recording? Also, you still presumably have to distill everything that was said to some written notes for the key points. Marie
**************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013 Office: (717) 245-1562, Fax: (717) 245-1971 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm/ **************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Bob Wildblood [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:02 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] NoNotes And then there are those who argue that there is an issue of intellectual property and copyright. If a student has notes given to them by a classmate, some say, then that is a favor to help a classmate. If someone sells notes taken in their class, some believe it is an infringement of intellectual property and copyright issue. "Helweg-Larsen, Marie" wrote: >Subject: RE: [tips] NoNotes > It's just a transcription service. That's pretty > old-fashioned really. It costs $9.57 an hour (pretty > cheap - I'm guessing they contract with people in > 3rd world countries). > > Note taking services have been around forever. Most > big universities have professional local shops that > hire students to take and turn in notes that are > then made available to student who buy them for a > fee. When I was a grad student at UCLA it was often > the TAs who made a little money on the side by > turning in their notes. Of course many (most?) > schools offer this service for students who have a > disability that prevents them from taking notes. . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College [email protected] . The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum. - Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832) . Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. -Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist . We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. - Barack Obama, President of the United States of America --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
