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From: Emma Duke-Williams
Date: Apr 8, 2008 3:50PM

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Owens, Parker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Well this is an interesting discussion. In Kentucky we have a Textbook Accessibility Act, and Kentucky Accessible Information Technology Statute that outline the details clearly. In KY, if you are using a video for teaching, you must provide the accommodation.

Copyright law in the UK differs from that in the US - and I don't know
UK law very well, so certainly can't comment on US law! However, I did
see a useful blog post today
http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2008/4/8/changing-how-we-teach-copyright-pt-1.html
- in which he commented that he felt that some educators
"hyper-comply" i.e. they're not using tools/ resources for fear of
breaking copyright laws when they aren't.
That *does* happen in the UK - people tend to be so wary of breaking
copyright law that they don't use certain resources.
Doug's post - and part 2 that is now showing up seem to be well worth
reading for those outside the US, no doubt even more useful if you're
in it!
--
Emma Duke-Williams:
School of Computing/ Faculty eLearning Co-ordinator.
Blog: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~duke-wie/blog/