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The Canadian copyright laws seem to differ from the US in the aspect of "fair dealing" or "fair use." In the US I believe that educational institutions may use materials in a way that would otherwise violate copyright laws. In Canada I do not believe that we have this exception. That is, teaching materials are still subject to the normal copyright rules. For example, I cannot show portions of videos in my Literature of the Fantastic course unless I obtain (expensive) public performace rights. Therefore, I believe that I cannot reproduce texts for teaching purposes even if I put a password lock on the directory. If I am wrong on this matter I would love to be corrected as it is a real nuisance. I know that some Canadian educational institutions turn a blind eye to the rules, but others are quite vigilant. STan Beeler +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Dr. Stan Beeler |English Programme | University of Northern B.C. | |e-mail:[log in to unmask] | WWW: http://quarles.unbc.edu | +------------------------------------------------------------------+