Under the implementation of the new Copyright Law, we have to follow more practical issues mentioned in the ordinance. I used to understand that we should not make copy of a book for more than 10% once. I think this is not quite clear. Many English textbooks used in the As-Level are bound into several booklets, does it mean 10% of the whole book or just the booklet? If the case is 10% of the one booklet, then it wouldn't be possible for us to copy a whole set of Section E Practical Skills paper, as it contains a question-answer book and a data file with about 10 pages, normally, they are more than 10% of the booklet. What should we do? Design the task by ourselves?
My school is an interesting one, as all teaching staff are not allowed to use the photocopier even for setting exam papers. We can only make copy with the approval of the principal, he scans what you want to copy and then signs his name onto the application form, funny? It always takes us DAYS if we need to make a copy in such way as we have to wait for our janitor to copy for us. He doesn't think putting up a notice next to the machine is effective as he believes we must break the law! He is really a good citizen who follows the Copyright Law very much.
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Your boss is really crazy! How could he do that? Why doesn't he trust the teachers?
This reminds me of a school that I used to teach at (quite a while ago). It was possible to do a limited amount of photocopying for yourself in the library or staffroom, but if you wanted larger numbers of worksheets copied for class, then you took them to a basement printing room, run by one of the caretakers. I used to create a worksheet, and then wait about 2 days for it to get printed. Sigh. The good ole days. I think it was more a matter of 'efficient' use of resources than monitoring copyright infringements in that case.
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