--- Forwarded Message from Pat Miller <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:17:20 -0800 >From: Pat Miller <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6542 Houghton Mifflin licensing agreeemnt >References: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Rachel, I know we all have horror stories concerning fair use. I would suggest that you become part of our IALLT Publisher Initiative being spearheaded by Mike Ledgerwood. His email is: [log in to unmask] Certainly your concerns need to be shared and, like you, I would expect a response from a number of publishers. Unfortunately, the more we try to deliver instruction with technology the more road blocks are placed before us by bureaucratic systems. My 2 cents worth. Pat Miller LLTI-Editor wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from "Rachel E. Saury" <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:38:03 -0500 > >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> > >From: "Rachel E. Saury" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Houghton Mifflin licensing agreeemnt > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > > ------------------ > Dear friends, > > I hope this finds all my IALL colleagues well these days! I haven't been > in circulation much in the past year, but think of you often! > > I'm writing to ask for other people's opinions about and experiences with > Houghton Mifflin when negotiating licensing agreements for audio materials. > Our Japanese program uses Nakama, by Makino et al. We have recently > received a notice from them that we are not allowed to disseminate Nakama > materials outside of the language laboratory AND that we cannot alter the > materials in any way. > > We find their policy draconian and counter to Educational Fair Use. Our > first year Japanese instructor, for instance, would like to be able to use > small segments of the audio materials in the Divace (Tandberg) AACC > format. This means that she takes small sound bites from the audio > materials and puts them into a ready-made template available with the > Divace that enables students to record themselves, to hear their recording > and to be forced to hear the master recording a second time. > > Further, we are moving towards web-based access for as much of our audio > materials as possible. This will be accomplished through a course > administration tool called Mallard. All materials will be password > protected. > > Do you have any similar experiences with HM? Any suggestions? Is there > any way IALL can help negotiate with these companies to come into the 21st > century in their thinking about the educational uses of these materials? > > Thank you! > > Rachel Saury > > Rachel E. Saury, Ph.D. > Director, Arts & Sciences Center for Instructional Technologies > Lecturer, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures > P.O. Box 400784, Cabell 219 > University of Virginia > Charlottesville, VA 22904-4784 > 434-924-6847 ph. > ********************************************************* > May the light of awakened mind become apparent. Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, Etowah > Cherokee