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dancinjul - Julie: So if you do not give permission to use your "image" to someone, like posting a picture of me on some other website, does that fall within these lines or different?
4:20 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
4:20 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
What about works translated from one language to another? Could I translate something for my class that they wouldn't be able to read in the native language?
Anonymous: Good question! Students can not translate a paper from one language into another and submit as if that's his/her own work
stevier: Wow! That means you can't translate something for your students to learn from it w/o permission, either. That kind of stinks.
4:15 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Anonymous: Good question! Students can not translate a paper from one language into another and submit as if that's his/her own work
stevier: Wow! That means you can't translate something for your students to learn from it w/o permission, either. That kind of stinks.
4:15 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Factual work has more leeway...how about copying someone's bilbliography, or a summary of research findings of a particular author?
4:00 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
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Chris Stubbs: Because many people grow up with a "questionable" respect for copyright, do you expect the laws to change? Perhaps to become more focused on intent?
Anonymous: we're in a remix culture, does some of this count as being transformational
stevier: It would be great if we could move more toward Lessig's chart continuum here, as he outlined at last year's TLT: http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu/content/improved-lessig-keynote-video-aka-version-2
3:57 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Anonymous: we're in a remix culture, does some of this count as being transformational
stevier: It would be great if we could move more toward Lessig's chart continuum here, as he outlined at last year's TLT: http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu/content/improved-lessig-keynote-video-aka-version-2
3:57 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
A professor includes a cartoon downloaded from a public website in his syllabus to illustrate a point. Should permission to use the cartoon be requested first?
3:52 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
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Chris Millet: You mentioned that the notes I'm taking are protected. If I was taking those notes in Google Docs or some other hosted solution, can that provider legally subvert that protection (via Terms of Use) and effectively own my content?
John Balogh: And what happens to my protection if I agreed to the Google Docs AUP that allows them to data-mine everything I upload?
Cole: We talked to Google about this a few weeks ago. Their terms of service do not say your content is theirs. You grant them a limited license so you cannot sue them for displaying content on their site.
John Balogh: From Google TOS: "you give Google a perpetual ... licence to reproduce, adapt ... and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services."
Anonymous: What if Google changes its policy?
3:39 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
John Balogh: And what happens to my protection if I agreed to the Google Docs AUP that allows them to data-mine everything I upload?
Cole: We talked to Google about this a few weeks ago. Their terms of service do not say your content is theirs. You grant them a limited license so you cannot sue them for displaying content on their site.
John Balogh: From Google TOS: "you give Google a perpetual ... licence to reproduce, adapt ... and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services."
Anonymous: What if Google changes its policy?
3:39 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
There is a new online service where students can post copies of exams that they have taken. Doesn't that violate the copyright of the instructor who wrote the exam? Or is it considered an educational use?
3:39 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
3:39 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
If I take a photograph of a painting in a museum, can I put the photo on an ANGEL course site?
Dana: Museums don't necessarily own copyright for everything in their collection - they may not be able to grant permission. That said
Dana: why don't you simply ask for a pdf? They are commonly free for educational purposes.
4:19 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Dana: Museums don't necessarily own copyright for everything in their collection - they may not be able to grant permission. That said
Dana: why don't you simply ask for a pdf? They are commonly free for educational purposes.
4:19 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
If a musical performance has already been approved by the PSU Public Information Office, is the instructor free of responsibility?
Jean Marie: Don't they have to purchase the rights prior to approval of the musical performance?
John Balogh: Not if you ask my boss's boss's boss's boss's boss about Music On Hold. Grrr...
4:14 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Jean Marie: Don't they have to purchase the rights prior to approval of the musical performance?
John Balogh: Not if you ask my boss's boss's boss's boss's boss about Music On Hold. Grrr...
4:14 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Heather Hughes: my 'academic' writing on blogs at psu, under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License, is protected and 'published', right?
4:14 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
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so what about youtube? aren't there millions of people violating copyright?
Anonymous: Don't youtube authors assume that their videos will be used without permission?
Anonymous: I think so, but many of them are not using original materials to begin with. Often they're doing parodies, or using published music works, etc.
4:00 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Anonymous: Don't youtube authors assume that their videos will be used without permission?
Anonymous: I think so, but many of them are not using original materials to begin with. Often they're doing parodies, or using published music works, etc.
4:00 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Does it mean if I write a paper and quotes someone in quotation marks, I don't need to get permission ahead of time, but I have to ask for permission if I "quote" someone's digital work (music, movie clips etc) as part of a media product?
3:46 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
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What is the difference between having friends over to watch a movie and showing the movie at a fraternity party? Why is the latter copyright infringement?
Allan: I think he was saying that if it was a *public* screening at a fraternity party. (i.e. it's open to anyone off the street)
Anne: Also, I think this has to do with the fact that a fraternity is an "organized" group of people, and film viewing as an "organized" function, therefore the film becomes a performance rather than a private activity...
3:41 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Allan: I think he was saying that if it was a *public* screening at a fraternity party. (i.e. it's open to anyone off the street)
Anne: Also, I think this has to do with the fact that a fraternity is an "organized" group of people, and film viewing as an "organized" function, therefore the film becomes a performance rather than a private activity...
3:41 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
How do students (undergraduates or graduates) protect their work (papers, articles) if faculty members insist on first authorship without having a part in the research?
Michelle Panulla: Though I'm not naive enough to believe it won't happen, RA13 is in place to prevent such authorship issues. http://www.guru.psu.edu/policies/RA13.html
Anonymous: I think the issue is that students don't feel they have any safe recourse without jeopardizing graduation.
Michelle Panulla: Yes, understood. We try to stress to grad students to talk to advisers (a lot) to figure out authorship up front, before the work is done. Unfortunately it still happens.
Michelle Panulla: Took me a while to find the link, but the Ethics and Compliance Hotline may be a way to report faculty abuse of authorship. http://www.internalaudit.psu.edu/hotline/
3:35 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
Michelle Panulla: Though I'm not naive enough to believe it won't happen, RA13 is in place to prevent such authorship issues. http://www.guru.psu.edu/policies/RA13.html
Anonymous: I think the issue is that students don't feel they have any safe recourse without jeopardizing graduation.
Michelle Panulla: Yes, understood. We try to stress to grad students to talk to advisers (a lot) to figure out authorship up front, before the work is done. Unfortunately it still happens.
Michelle Panulla: Took me a while to find the link, but the Ethics and Compliance Hotline may be a way to report faculty abuse of authorship. http://www.internalaudit.psu.edu/hotline/
3:35 pm EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
John Patishnock: Would Penn State be willing to help students gain copyright permission from studios for their larger-scale projects?
8:45 am EDT, 12 Aug :: Reply
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