When my wife was threatened with a copyright infringement lawsuit a few
years back, I did some research on copyright law. I think it's pretty clear
that use of copyrighted material without consent that is restricted to
presentations in your own classroom for teaching purposes would fall under
the fair use doctrine (i.e., it is legal). Administrators may be biased to
err on the side of caution to prevent lawsuits, imho.
Marty Bourgeois
University of Wyoming
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> From: Dr. Eric Johnson[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 9:32 AM
> To: TIPS
> Subject: Re: cartoons/comics
>
> Dear Annette,
>
> 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. So, what is a humor-loving professor to do? (other
> than
> spending lots of time and energy getting permissions or passing around
> original copies in class).
>
> Eric Johnson
> Presbyterian College
>
> Annette Taylor wrote:
>
> > Ever since I started using powerpoint I find it is easier to incorporate
> > cartoons into my lectures--the old overheads just got to be tooooo
> > many and then they'd all get messed up and stick together and I tended
> > to try to minimize so I didn't use them--except maybe on exams!
> >
> > So I am looking for comics and cartoons.
>
