Florian Pesth wrote:
> Under certain conditions it is legal to copy  
> parts of a work for educational purposes 

Even in the USA, this is true. It's called "fair use."

For example, if you want to quote something that someone said in order to 
criticize it or parody it, that's "fair use" and copyright does not restrict 
you.

However, we have also had cases where teachers would collect several dozen 
articles from magazines and journals, photocopy them for each student, and 
bind them into a book for class. This is obviously using them as a textbook, 
not critiquing them, so that's illegal.

> But because of this we pay a small fee on any 
> medium or recording device (according to wikipedia 17 cent on a blank DVD 
> disc and 9.21 Euro on a DVD Burner)

I have heard this is the case in the USA, but it doesn't get itemized so I 
never found out if it's true. However, I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do 
with "fair use" and entirely to do with the recording companies bribing our 
legislators.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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