Hi Susan, We have a variety of commercial language software in our language lab as well (Rosetta Stone and others). I do not let the media out of the lab at all - they must be used in the lab. To temper this restriction, I also make available some useful free online web resources for students interested in self-study materials. This often gives them a place to start that they can access from anywhere. Jose On 4/9/08 12:51 PM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: We've just purchased a variety of Rosetta Stone single copy DVDs for our Language Learning Resource Center. While we'd like to be able to loan the material out to students and staff for home use, the program requires an installation to be done on the computer before the language software can be used. So far I've been holding back on loaning the packages out because it seems to me that this would be an infringement of copyright, and consequently have required people using the program to only use it on our lab computers. I'd be interested to know if other schools are loaning this type of software to their campus community members, and if so, how they justify it in light of copyright laws. Thanks for your responses! Regards, Susan Breeyear, Asst. Director Instructional Technology Services Box C, One Winooski Park Saint Michaels College Colchester, VT 05439 (802) 654-2821 ------------------------- Jose C. Rodriguez Director of Technology: Emory College Language Center office: 404.727.9351 cell: 404.414.3674 fax: 404.727.2257 http://languagecenter.emory.edu/ Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322 ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).