Is this illigal my teacher is coping a whole book in the copy machine?

Answer 1

Is she going to sell it on street corners? If it's for Education then leave her alone and let her use it. American people are far too restricted in that area. If you're not selling it then it's not a problem.


Besides everyone in America is guilty--- anyone who has quoted a line of movie with a copyright and anyone who has loaded a CD of Music onto their computer. Try to restrict them all!!!!

Answer 2

Generally speaking that will be illegal - unless........

1) The book (of which there are a tiny number) gives permission to duplicate in its entirety - I have seen this on the "on condition of no profit" once or twice

2) The author / rights holders has specifically given permission - eg: a vanity press book published by her great Uncle Bill.

3) the book itself is over (I think) 50 years old - and at that point loses copyright protection - as does music - hence people like Paul McCartney getting all beside himself at the propspect of losing royalties

4) If the book is being copied as the original is falling apart - and will be destroyed once the copy has been completed

5) If for example one page only was given to each pupil for some experiment / assignment - eg: each pupil had to critique one page from the book - and the individual pages were never going to be all essembled together as an effective "copy" of the book.


All that aside, chances are very high that what is being done is illegal - except in a few countries were copyright protection is simply not legislated. This did (does???) apply to Australia until very recent times - if not still - hence almost no-one would knowingly sell software to Australian companies.

Mark

Answer 3

it's probably illegal, but not necessarily. some books allow for a certain amount of copying, but generally restrict it to only a few pages. for example, you can copy passages out of a Bible, but there's a limit on how long they can be.
if your teacher is like most teachers, he/she is probably fully aware of copyright laws but is also trying to make ends meet in an increasingly underfunded profession. it may be that his/her honesty is for sale for the price of giving you the best education he/she can. whatever the copied piece is, read it carefully. your teacher obviously thinks it's important.

Answer 4

It is illegal. There is only a certain percentage of the book that is legal to copy, but teachers do it all the time. It's better than having you pay for your own book, right?

Answer 5

According to US Law, a person CAN copy all or part of a book (or other copyrighted text) as long as they either:

A) Do so for educational purposes only

B) Distribute them freely (without profit)

If they wish to sell them for their own gain, they MUST receive permission first. (Usually the holder will say no)

Answer 6

what are you going to do ? turn her in for trying to teach you ??

the school wont give her enough money for books to teach you brats so now she spends her day at a copy machine just so you kids can have some decent reading material and all you can do is ask if she is breaking the law ?!

shame on you !!

Answer 7

First of its "illegal" and no it is not. Its perfectly fine. She bought that one copy of the book. It is rightfully hers. It is however illegal if she sells copies. But, buying the book entitles her to distributions without making money.

Answer 8

whilst rude and irrelevant, that is not unlawful. i could bypass to the faculty councilor approximately it. RACIST comments to pupils can get her tires slashed, confrontations in parking zone, problems with this nature which you do not prefer to be in touch in, different than the area the place you get her fired via being a witness to those events. Stash the telephone until out of faculty. that is okay to coach it off you already know.

Answer 9

Don't jump to conclusions. There are many teacher resource books that give permission to copy for classroom use!

Answer 10

Probably -- unless the book specifically allows it to be copied for educational purposes -- or unless the teacher is the author and copyright holder for the book.