Hi, Mary Sorry I did not get into the discussion earlier (computer problems :) ). I would basically agree with most of what already has been said. However, I will give you one warning on newspaper articles.
Associated Press (AP) has stated that quoting more than four words of an article or even linking to an article is violation of copyright (unless you pay a fee). And they have been agressive in filing lawsuits. So don't use or link to AP copyright articles. See http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/17/associated-press-exp.html for details. http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS http://johnsearth.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: Mary <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, November 16, 2009 2:52:16 AM Subject: BEE Thank you: [WikiEducator] Re: copyright and newspaper articles Thank you so much, Bee! Wonderful applications of fantastic materials. You are an inspiration! On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Barbara Dieu <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Mary, >Some time ago I used an article from the Times for a reading >comprehension exercise and in order to have it online I had to ask for >a special permission and stick it on the page (or else pay $ 2000 to >have it. See: >http://beespace.net/resources/hotpot/wtc1.html > >Some published content can be easily downloaded and worked upon like >for instance >http://beespace.net/resources/logo/index.html > >In some cases, however, especially for articles placed under a >password, this permission was denied or I'd have to buy it (for a >single use). > >Linking directly to the article poses problems because of link rot - >if we have no access to the source, the whole exercise is lost. For >foreign language teachers, topical articles in newspapers are a bonus >and so are some of the photographs. Maybe Wikieducator, as an >institution, could try to dialogue with the main press publishers to >allows us to copy them into the wiki and link back, mentioning and >crediting the source so as to have them more available. I am sure they >realize this would be a way to diffuse and give an added value to >their content as well. > >Warm regards from Brazil, >Bee > >BTW, I am planning to shift most of this material from my website to >Wikieducator (time permitting). > > >-- >Barbara Dieu >http://barbaradieu.com >http://beespace.net > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
