<div dir="ltr">This site is completely illegal, regardless of Skip's posted disclaimers. If teachers and libraries could simply post copyrighted works in their entirety, we'd never buy anything ever again! "I'm teaching this, therefore it is Fair Use" is NOT a valid application of Fair Use or copyright law. I'm afraid Skip is incorrect in his interpretation of U.S. Copyright law. We can't have whatever we want just because we're using it for an "educational" reason. If, however, Skip would use stories and books that are in the public domain, the site would be perfectly fine. <div><br></div><div>I would encourage everyone to buy a copy of Carol Simpson's <i>Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide </i>(Linworth Books) because it answers SO MANY copyright questions in simple language that a layperson can understand. My copy is older (4th edition), but worth its weight in gold!<br><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:57 AM Apra Mainardi via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">In my previous district we had a School Improvement Coordinator tell our English teachers they could use this website while we were out during the shut down. I had an English teacher reach out to me because they wanted to be sure they were not violating copyright laws. I'm with you on this...this website is definitely a violation of copyright whether or not the students are ESL students. The message from "Skip" at the bottom of the homepage raises a lot of red flags..."<em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(37,89,140)"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,255,255)">Skip is wholly responsible for this site and has all the credit or all the blame as the case may be. </span></em><span style="color:rgb(153,255,255);font-style:italic;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(37,89,140)"><br>The sole purpose of this site is to help students improve their listening and reading comprehension of the English language.<br>'BITS English Language Learning' is completely non-profit and contains no advertising.</span><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(37,89,140)"><br></strong><span style="color:rgb(153,255,255);font-style:italic;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(37,89,140)">"BITS" is an online-only site. No links for downloading items are available and none will be provided.</span><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-center;background-color:rgb(37,89,140)"><br></strong></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 11:40 AM Melissa Lambert via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<br><div><br></div><div>Has anyone ever used the site ESL Bits to give an entire class access to audiobooks and ebooks? <a href="http://esl-bits.net/" target="_blank">http://esl-bits.net/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I have a teacher that wants to use it by posting it on his schoology page so students can access it from home or school. We do not have enough print copies of the class novel and it is not in the budget to order more. His students are not ESL. They are mixed gen ed and special ed.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is what they have listed on their website under <a href="http://esl-bits.net/advanced-listening/copyright2.html" target="_blank">copyright/legal</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>It still seems against copyright law to me. What do you think?</div></div>
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