On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:09 PM, M. A. Beldin <mabeldin@gmail.com> wrote: > My apologies to Elissa for not asking permission either. Because I found > the form in a "teaching" format, it did not dawn on me I should request > permission to use it. I will seek forgiveness and permission in an off-list > email. > This was an interesting comment to read because just today I heard the statement that if more than what would be considered fair use was taken from a 'teaching' format---it was fine and dandy. I thought that odd since I assumed that all teaching materials, no matter what the form, were also fully protected by copyright law. Are there any exceptions to the use of 'teaching' materials outside the normal terms of fair use? (Tom? Elissa?) Rondina _______________________ Rondina P. Muncy Ancestral Analysis 4008 Linden Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 682.224.6584 rondina.muncy@gmail.com www.ancestralanalysis.com

As a general rule, ask yourself 3 questions: 1. Is the information in a tangible form (includes sound recordings and electronic publishing)? 2. Was it placed in the tangible form after 1923? 3. Is the author someone other than the United States government? If the answer to all three is "yes," then it is PROBABLY copyrighted; it doesn't matter what the original use was. There are exceptions, of course, but the safest course is to assume that it is. Dave Liesse Skingco Services, LLC

I'm no authority on copyright, but in my academic career --- virtually my entire adult life ---- I never encountered an exception for teaching materials. (Textbooks, for example, clearly are copyright protected.) The only exception was the general one for a fair-use context. Fair use involves a one-time use and limited distribution. The university would not allow us to copy articles for classes, for example, but it would allow us to make one copy and to put it on reserve for students to read. --- Tom On 1/11/2013 4:31 PM, Rondina Muncy wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:09 PM, M. A. Beldin <mabeldin@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My apologies to Elissa for not asking permission either. Because I found >> the form in a "teaching" format, it did not dawn on me I should request >> permission to use it. I will seek forgiveness and permission in an off-list >> email. >> > This was an interesting comment to read because just today I heard the > statement that if more than what would be considered fair use was taken > from a 'teaching' format---it was fine and dandy. I thought that odd since > I assumed that all teaching materials, no matter what the form, were also > fully protected by copyright law. Are there any exceptions to the use of > 'teaching' materials outside the normal terms of fair use? (Tom? Elissa?) > > Rondina > _______________________ > Rondina P. Muncy > Ancestral Analysis > 4008 Linden Avenue > Fort Worth, Texas 76107 > 682.224.6584 > rondina.muncy@gmail.com > www.ancestralanalysis.com > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message