Thank you -- that's a fantastic series of essays. Fair use and fair dealing deserves support, even as we strive to replace non-free learning materials with free ones.
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Gautam John <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Mass copyright violation for profit... hard to defend, really. > > There is a little more to it than just this. > > " in India there are two important provisions which allow for > educational exceptions. Sec. 52(1)(i) allows for ‘the reproduction of > any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction’ or as a > part of questions or answers to questions. Further Sec. 52(1)(a) > allows for a fair dealing with any work (except computer programs) > for the purposes of private or personal use, including research. It > is therefore very much within the rights of the university and the > students to create course packs and to access photocopies of academic > texts and articles in the course of instruction. The fact that the > Copyright Act in India does not lay down any quantitative restrictions > when it comes to personal use or educational use even though such > restrictions operate for other kinds of usages is indicative of the > intention of the policy makers to ensure that there is adequate access > to learning materials." > > A series of posts worth reading > http://kafila.org/tag/rameshwari-photocopy-services/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
