--- Forwarded Message from k_yang <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:54:34 -0600 (CST) >From: k_yang <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Downloading audio from the Internet and copyright >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the LLTI list at LISTSERV.DARTMOUTH.EDU. If you simply forward it back to the list, using a mail command that generates "Resent-" fields (ask your local user support or consult the documentation of your mail program if in doubt), it will be distributed and the explanations you are now reading will be removed automatically. If on the other hand you edit the contributions you receive into a digest, you will have to remove this paragraph manually. Finally, you should be able to contact the author of this message by using the normal "reply" function of your mail program. ----------------- Message requiring your approval (49 lines) ------------------ Hello eveyone, Recently I have received many requests from instructors to help them download audio files from the Internet. For a few reasons, these files are streamed, which makes downloading difficult. So I decided to use shareware which allows me to download streaming files, including Internet radio. Here are some questions I encountered in the discussion with the staff regarding copyright. (If you are busy, you may skip number 1 through 4.) 1) where to doanload matters? Last quarter, we downloaded a streaming audio file onto a tape through a sound card so that an instructor used it for her final exam. Now if the shareware is used and the file is saved on computer/CD, does it infringe copyright? 2) purpose matters? When can the downloaded materials be used? While download materials can be used for final test or in class, but not any other univeristy exam such as competencey or proficiency exam, which is not class activity? 3) editing out and getting a portion matters? Editing film pieces together can make a new context, which can be against the copyright holder's will. If we takes a segment (a minute or so) from the download audio material(usually longer than needed), does this infringe copyright? (Of course we do not juxtapose pieces together.) Isn't this allowed as fair use of copyright, in fact? 4) is using the shareware illegal? because it allows one to download files which are not downloadble with usual web browsers? 5) how can we use audio materials from the Internet? Instructors may just have a link to the file and indicate which portion students use for their homework, but in an extream case, such as Internet radio, or in most class environment, linking just doesn't work. (I also tried to contact a radio station in Europe who owns audio materials, but no one has replied yet.) If you could share information about how you deal with this situation, I will appreciate that. Thanks! Kay Yang Language Labs and Archives University of Chicago