RE: copyright questions to listservs

1. It would help to reprint the question here - I'm interested in this question but need the question to understand it.
2. What's "JMO"? I keep seeing acronyms on this listserv I don't know - can writers please spell out what they're saying?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milham, Carol [SMTP:csmilham[_at_]purdue.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 8:28 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: copyright questions to listservs
>
> Jan
> I'm not a lawyer but I would say NO. If he told them where to find the
> link and they each downloaded their own, that would be permissible. But
> what he's doing is the same as making several copies for all students. JMO
> but we tell them they have to have permission.
>
> Some will give a per copy permission and some give a license fee. The
> license fee is usually pretty high (by state funded school standards) but
> you can make as many copies as you want during a set period of time
> (again, depending on the publisher). Others may not give you permission
> at all but will want you to make a link to their website, for the
> students. All are different, depending on the publisher.
>
> Carol S. Milham
> Copyright & Classnote Consultant
> Purdue University Printing Services
Received on Fri Sep 13 2002 - 13:43:10 GMT