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Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:50:26 -0800
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On 12/11/05, Nick Sturm wrote:
> Would not a digital file projected onto a classroom wall not constitute a
> fixed form in this discussion and provide ground for flunking any student
> who quoted "too much" of one of those projections in his answers to exam
> questions?

The US courts have held that digital files are copyrightable as "fixed form".

The problem with a student quoting "too much" verbatim is plagiarism
(an academic violation), not copyright infringement. (Presumably the
student is not publishing his exam answers. If he is, that's another
serious honor code violation in most universities.)

Kathleen Much
The Book Doctor

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