[Wikimedia-l] "putting profit before knowledge"

[Samuel Klein]

Thank you -- that's a fantastic series of essays.

Fair use and fair dealing deserves support, even as we strive to replace
non-free learning materials with free ones.


On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Gautam John <gkjohn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Mass copyright violation for profit... hard to defend, really.
>
> There is a little more to it than just this.
>
> " in India there are two important provisions which allow for
> educational exceptions. Sec. 52(1)(i) allows for ‘the reproduction of
> any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction’ or as a
> part of questions or answers to questions. Further Sec. 52(1)(a)
> allows for a fair dealing with any work  (except computer programs)
> for the purposes of private or personal use, including research.  It
> is therefore very much within the rights of the university and the
> students to create course packs and to access photocopies of academic
> texts and articles in the course of instruction. The fact that the
> Copyright Act in India does not lay down any quantitative restrictions
> when it comes to personal use or educational use even though such
> restrictions operate for other  kinds of usages is indicative of the
> intention of the policy makers to ensure that there is adequate access
> to learning materials."
>
> A series of posts worth reading
> http://kafila.org/tag/rameshwari-photocopy-services/
>
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