Big Ten Printing and Copyright Conference

Copyright Concerns

The conference included several sessions covering copyright issues. At one, Rosemary Chase, copyright officer for George Mason University, and Beth Cate, associate university counsel at Indiana University, led a lively audience discussion. The main issue of concern was campus quick copy shops printing course packs without obtaining copyright permission from publishers. Professors in some cases are supporting this illegal practice by taking materials to these copy shops instead of the in-plant.