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--- Forwarded Message from "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:29:38 -0500
>From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7556 exercises making use of extracts from long literary works

Can't evaluate the exercises (the URL actually points to a local drive).
 However, based on your description, I'd think this is entirely within
legal use.  I'd certainly be comfortable myself in creating and using
these exercises.  But then, I'm not a lawyer.  Nevertheless, I still
think you're OK.

See http://www.umich.edu/%7Elangres/copyright.pdf for a well-reasoned
approach to this whole copyright thing.  We have to be principled, not
paranoid.

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>From: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:08:53 -0600
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>Subject: exercises making use of extracts from long literary works
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>Disposition-Notification-To: Deanne Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
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>Priority: HIGH

Hi fellow LLTI'ers!

I am currently working on developing some exercises using Hot Potatoes
(www.halfbakedsoftware.com) with a French instructor here at the
University of Regina.  Some of these exercises make use of extracts
from
long literary works and ask students to judge whether or not the
author
would have used passe compose or imparfait for the verbs in the text.
Students fill in the blanks.  An example of this exercise is
(temporarily at least) at URL E:\My Documents\Lrc\Development\HTML
Pages\Hotpot\French\Intermediaire\exercises\x\pqp005.htm .

Can anyone tell me whether or not exercises like these would be
allowable
under copyright?  I believe that it would be because a) it is
documented,
b) it is only an excerpt of a larger literary text, c) we are doing
something creative with it that adds a different purpose than what is
intended by the author/publisher and, therefore, we are not simply
stealing profits by re-producing replicas, d) it is for educational
purposes and e) it is not for profit (since we are a public
institution).

Am I correct in this judgement?  Am I missing anything potentially
conflicting or arguable?   Since the use of Hot Potatoes requires that
these exercises be posted to the Internet we want to be sure that we
are
not infringing on copyright before proceding.

Thanks!
Deanne Cobb
Language Lab Manager
Language Resource Centre
University of Regina

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