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flea - May 08, 2009 11:59:55 am PDT #9968 of 25501
information libertarian

In scholarly materials, often the publishers hold copyright, so they get any royalties (I am thinking especially of scholarly journals). It all depends on the contract the author signed at the time of publication. The whole system has been transferred to e-reserves now, of course, though with the advent of licensed content it can be a little different.


Vortex - May 08, 2009 12:01:27 pm PDT #9969 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

From photos to art to cartoons to text, it can be quite expensive depending on what we are using.

yes, and a pain in the butt.


megan walker - May 08, 2009 12:04:17 pm PDT #9970 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Especially when you have no idea of cost while you are preparing the book.

Using some art by Renoir is @ $100, other things are $500+. I remember we had a whole activity in my first project using that ubiquitous Doisneau photo of the people kissing, but it ended up being too expensive to get rights so everything had to be scrapped.


Sophia Brooks - May 08, 2009 12:14:44 pm PDT #9971 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

In one of my classes, the faculty member had us pass around her articles and each of us made 25 copies for the class and they we collated after class.

As the AA for a college department, I have to have each professor do a copyright worksheet to determine if the material they are handing out constitutes "Fair Use". Then, if it is not fair use, I have to go on a website and purchase the right to Xerox all class materials that are not under copyright (and everything is). Since this is a fairly new policy, some of the older professors have things that they have no idea where they came from, and I have to try and investigate or tell them I can't copy them.

We also have to pay a per student copyright fear to put an article on reserve at the library or on e-reserve.

If the content is available for free on the internet, we are allowed to tell the student where to go to read it, but it is a really grey area.


DCJensen - May 08, 2009 4:54:38 pm PDT #9972 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

Macbook Bluetooth warning:

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NoiseDesign - May 08, 2009 6:10:26 pm PDT #9973 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

I just checked both of my mac laptops and that bluetooth setting was off by default, not on. I think the article is suspect.


§ ita § - May 08, 2009 6:13:39 pm PDT #9974 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Same here, ND, on a fresh install.


DCJensen - May 08, 2009 8:12:12 pm PDT #9975 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

Good to know.

In retrospect, one would probably have heard of it before now.


tommyrot - May 11, 2009 8:09:20 am PDT #9976 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I am brain-dead today.

I have a pair of radio buttons on a web page. How do I make them invisible?

Normally we create hidden fields with an <input type="hidden"> tag, except if I do this instead of <input type="radio"> then they are no longer radio buttons, and I'd have to change a bunch of code that refers to them. I suppose I could use javascript to hide them, but I want them always invisible (I don't want to wait for the onload event to fire).

My html knowledge has many holes in it, like a moth-eaten sweater....


Jon B. - May 11, 2009 9:48:39 am PDT #9977 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

How do I make them invisible?

CSS? display:none;