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September 27, 2004
I'm giving a couple of talks in Singapore in December and one of my kind hosts has sent me a form on which I'm to list every copyrighted and non-copyrighted source I use in the handouts, along with this explanation of what constitutes fair use in Singapore. I'd say that this is what we have to worry about our copyright law doing to the free expression of ideas, but I'm afraid you're going to tell me that this is in fact where our copyright law already is. Sigh. Posted
by D. Weinberger at September 27, 2004 09:35 AM
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I am surprise...conference organizors dont go to this extend. (Unless you are speaking at a university, then the typically 'kaisu' attitude kicks on)
You coming Singapore? Lets try to catch up. :-)
ps: 'kaisu' is a local term that means 'scared to lose'. we used it to refer to people who overreacted due to fear.
Posted by: James Seng | September 27, 2004 08:48 PM
Looks like your host is from Univ. I know for a fact that several book publishing companies had created trouble for the Univ (I better not specify which one) due to what they term copyright issues like lecturers photocopying pages of books and distributing them to the students etc.
After that a large numbers of 'checks' have been put in place. You have to sign a form if you are photocopying more that some x pages from any book etc. I guess what you have experienced is a followup of this policy.
Posted by: Srijith | September 28, 2004 05:00 AM
The form came through a company that puts on seminars. They may have a university affiliation of which I am unaware. The policy seems to require filling out the forms not as an exception - if you are photocopying more than n pages - but as the rule. And then, as it emphasizes, you must keep the records for four years. Ack.
Posted by: David Weinberger | September 28, 2004 07:02 AM