Copyright has been an issue in the production of course readings packets, beginning with the Kinko s ruling in 1991, and continuing with other legal decisions. Despite the legal and legislative activity over the past few years, the copyright law is substantially unchanged. The campus guidelines for Fair Use can be seen in the Campus Administrative Manual, Sec. Photocopied class packets or anthologies, which contain reprints of copyrighted material, should have permissions obtained and copyrights paid. The most common procedure is to have the cost of the permissions included in the price of the packet.
Some departments choose to pay the royalties and distribute materials at no cost to students.
January 18 . . . . Instruction for Spring 2000 begins. March 15 . . . . Deadline for submission of applications for Mitchell Fellowhsip in Animal Nutrition. Accept that some days you re the pigeon, and some days you re the statue.