Re: Use of Pre-Recorded Videos in Interactive Television Courses

George Abbott <glabbott[_at_]library.syr.edu> wrote:
>
> Agreed this section is related to a totally different area BUT it does
> introduce the concept of reasonable fees or charges which would
> be well worth considering when we try to reach a balance between
> producers and users when it comes to fees.
>
> At least in this section the law is sympathetic to economic
> considerations.
>

True, but I suspect that won't help you in dist ed. If anything, the fact that we allow such a departure in one specific case might be read as excluding similar departures elsewhere, under the mangled and somewhat dubious Latin principle of expressio unius et exclusio alterus.

Mark Lemley
Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Law Of Counsel, Fish & Richardson, P.C.
mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu

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For a list of my publications, and how to find them, see http://www.law.utexas.edu/lemley/pubs.htm Received on Thu Nov 13 1997 - 15:16:05 GMT