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Does anyone from Canada or from France have an opinion on this?  Our
University is actually in Canada and the publisher is in France, so I
would interested too in how those two countries might approach a situation
like this.

Thank you,
Deanne


On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:43:31 EDT LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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

Deanne Cobb
Language Lab Manager
Language Resource Centre
University of Regina