<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Under the tenets of Fair Use, according to <i>Copyright for Schools</i> by Carol Simpson, p50-51 (2010), use in this manner isn't transformative, does not "add value" (no interpretation, criticism, or commentary), and could be denying the author the ability to make money on an audio version (if available). The only Fair Use aspect you have going for you is educational purpose. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">That being said, is anyone going to come after you if it is posted "in-house?" Unlikely. Is it ethical? I'm currently having the same conversation in my district. I don't think it is; they feel they have wiggle room. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">You're not alone in this dilemma.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 9:52 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Can anyone point me to the specific law that says you can't upload ONE digital file of an audiobook to your clasroom website so that multtple students can access it at the same time?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">We do have full classes listening to chapters of an audiobook at the same time, which also feels like a gray area to me but it's the above idea that's giving me the most issue.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Chris</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="mailto:cpulgar@npd117.net" target="_blank">cpulgar@npd117.net</a></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_6439912390324821070gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font>
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