class use policy

I have been following all this discussion and although not a lawyer, I do teach a food law course in CEE at the Univ Minnesota and am Assoc Dean of the graduatew School. Yesterday I ran into a major problem. For the past 20 years (every other year) I have had our copy center reproduce about 60% of a Case Materials book (Cases and Materials on Food Law, Christopher and Goodrich, Commerce Clearing House) which went out of print prior to 1975, I do not own a copy of the original text. As I put the course together, fort non-law majors, I realized this was the best initiation to case law and that a subsequent text (Merrill and Hutt Mineola Press) was too advanced. CCH gave me outright permission to use and copy for my class. I do not have the original letter as I never needed it between the 70's until recently and the woman who ran the copy center knew all about it. Now she is gone (last year it was not taught) and the new campus copy center people refuse even though I have a copy of the copy with the permission statement I was requested by CCH to use on the front cover. Can I legally copy the material, will CCH honor my prior request, I dont even know who to contact as I threw out all my old files years before this problem. It certainly inhibits the teaching effort.

Dr Ted Labuza internet: tplabuza[_at_]epx.cis.umn.edu Assoc Dean of the Graduate School & Professor of Food Science and Technology University of Minnesota 301 Johnston Hall, Minneapolis MN 55455 Department of Food Science & Nutrition 136 ABLMS U of Minn St Paul, MN 55108 Voice 612-625-7368 or 624-9701 Fax 612-626-7431 or 625-5272 home fax=633-0627

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