On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:51:29 -0500 (EST) Pat Cabe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My understanding is that, at least by Georgia state law, if
> > web materials are password protected then you need not
> > worry about copyright. In WebCT, for example, it is very
> > simple to restrict access to you site to the students
> > registered for your course.
> > Mike
>
> Perhaps, although it may be an issue whether Georgia state law supersedes the
> federal copyright laws.
>
> Part of the issue in fair use, as I understand it, involves "face to face"
> presentation (generally okay). So there is a bit of a question as to whether or
> not a web site restricting access to registered students meets this kind of
> criterion.
>
> Pat Cabe (by no means an expert on copyright law)
>
When WebCT was introduced at our campus, one speaker presented
also the suggestion that the password restriction separated
"fair use" from "publication."
Mike: How do you like WebCT? I found it to be cumbersome and
have discovered that there are PD perl scripts that one can use
more flexibly.
Ken (who knows even less about copyright law than Pat)
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Kenneth M. Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychology
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
