[ale] Fair Use question

[Jay Lozier]

It's not fair use, fair use allows for using a work in another work such 
a review, commentary that has a 'transformative' use of the original 
work. But to save $15 is not fair use.

It's also a bit murky as it depends on specifics of each case.

On 10/9/22 14:57, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> 1 is a direct copyright violation.
> 2 is questionable as it's a format change not for archival purposes. 
> If those pdf become available for anyone but you, that can get you nailed.
> 3 is questionable as well.
>
> That teacher needs an education.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2022, 7:21 PM David Jackson via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>
>     I'm taking a class at church that is using a $15 textbook. 
>     There's also a $15 workbook that the teacher is making xerox
>     copies of the required pages for each lesson for our classroom
>     discussion.  I bought another copy from the publishers that gives
>     a copy of the text, workbook, and a year's online access to both
>     and also to educational movies for each lesson.
>
>     1. Is it Fair Use to the teacher to make xerox copies of the
>     workbook each week?
>
>     2. Is it Fair Use for me to make weekly PDFs of the online content
>     if only for my own use?  How about for sharing with other class
>     members?
>
>     3. Is it Fair Use for me to make copies of the movies for a year? 
>     What about keeping copies beyond the year?
>
>
>     Okay, this is really small potatoes here I know, but basically the
>     teacher called me a criminal, I thought she was wrong, and after a
>     little googling, now I'm not sure.  So are any of us in this class
>     breaking the Fair Use clause in this class?
>
>     TIA!
>
>     Dave
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