[ISLMA-Share] copyright question: students recording themselves reading & giving away recordings as a charity project?

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According to the book Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide (by Carol
Simpson, published by Linworth Books), any audio recording of a print work
is called a "phonorecord."    It is against copyright law to read a book
onto a recording of any kind.  It is "exactly the same thing, according to
the law, as putting that book on the photocopier and copying every page."
 The book specifically lists "reading [items] onto tapes to take to senior
citizens, as a service project" as one of the examples of copyright
violation.  Doesn't look like your teacher is going to be able to do this
project in the way she/he orginally envisioned.

Michelle Harris
Heyworth CUSD #4

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> If the picture book they want to read and record is in the public domain,
> there is no problem.  However, many contemporary books explicitly include a
> statement that recordings or other reproduction by mechanical or electronic
> means are rights reserved to the copyright holder.  I would suggest writing
> to the copyright holder, describing the project and asking permission.
> Perhaps if the recording came with a paid copy of the book, they might
> consider it.
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I would appreciate any copyright input you all can offer on a particular
>> issue.
>>
>> A group of 8th graders wants to record themselves reading a picture book
>> (or a few) and then distributing this audio to children in long-term care
>> hospitals. This is for a community project for 8th grade International
>> Baccalaureate Integrated Studies.
>>
>> Copyright is one of many areas I am looking to grow as a librarian but my
>> red flag went up when their teacher described this idea. Please advise! And
>> thank you all in advance.
>>
>> Jamie Winchell
>> Teacher Librarian
>> Library Media Center <http://www.op97.org/julian/mediacenter/index.cfm>
>> Percy Julian Middle School
>>
>> “Great books help you understand, and they help you to feel understood.”
>> -John Green
>>
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Michelle Harris
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Heyworth CUSD #4
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