--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:41:11 -0600 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6818 Where would copyright jail be? >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> Since this is hypothetical, specific advice is not warranted. Instead, I will relate that on at least three occasions, I have been able to reverse a publisher's refusal of permission to make copies. No, that is not quite true. I haven't gotten anyone to reverse a decision. Rather, I have persisted in calling until I got a new person at the company, and explained my situation with no reference to the previous refusal. I keep trying until someone says yes, in writing. Then I stop. This hasn't always worked, but it has worked often enough to be worth hypothetical consideration. Derek --On Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:37 PM -0400 LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]> --- > > Colleagues, I present a hypothetical situation and ask your advice: > > (Note consistent use of subjunctive to confirm the hypothetical > nature of this inquiry.) > > Suppose that in anticipation of getting permission (as has always > been the case with a particular publisher) a lab made copies for > students of ancillary material (delivered by the prof, as usual, the > day before class) and sent the request for permission the same day. > Suppose, then, that ten days later, permission was denied. > > Would that lab have to cease and desist, explaining that no further > copies would be made? (I should think so.) > > It would be, of course, impossible to recall the copies that had > already been made. > > Would "anticipation of the usual positive response" be an adequate > defense? Derek Roff Language Learning Center, Ortega Hall Rm 129, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 505/277-7368 fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask]