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<font size=3>Well I guess he should talk to an IP (Intellectual Property)
attorney that understands digital copyright, fair use, and special
educational use licenses. Given how the MPAA and RIAA address perceived
infringements, it would be best to be on firm ground with a public
institution. <br><br>
I took a moment to see where this guy worked and its a small town in
central Maine. I would expect it to be pretty tough to find that type of
expertise locally. <br><br>
-- Mache Creeger<br><br>
At 11:47 AM 1/14/2008, Brian Wood wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">jedi@mishnet.org wrote:<br><br>
> <br>
> With education, it's hard to judge. Although you can't go wrong<br>
> consulting an actual attorney about this sort of thing...<br>
> <br><br>
While that sounds reasonable, my experience has been that very few<br>
attorneys know much about copyright issues, though they may well be
able<br>
to bone up on the subject.<br><br>
You are likely to get a "safe" answer from an attorney. He/She
will tell<br>
you to not do something simply to avoid potential problems, not<br>
necessarily real ones, even though your contemplated action might in<br>
fact be perfectly legal. In the case mentioned his job is to keep
the<br>
school district out of trouble, not help you get your project
working.<br><br>
In any case, all an attorney can give you is an opinion, unless he
can<br>
find very similar cases to cite, and you can almost always find an<br>
attorney with an opposite opinion if you look hard enough.<br><br>
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