{"id":25565,"date":"2020-04-17T15:36:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T19:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=25565"},"modified":"2020-04-17T15:36:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T19:36:40","slug":"sharing-is-caring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=25565","title":{"rendered":"sharing is caring????????"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hey! I was wondering what the big copyright stamp\/page at the beginning of some of my readings entails? Does uoft really own the material even if it was by some random author at some random time? I have american friends in a different university that i sometimes like to help out by sending pdfs of my readings, but is that not allowed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>hey hey,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/WUGNg3FuhiywU\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i actually have&#8230; no clue what you&#8217;re referring to? i&#8217;d need to have a look at the actual copyright stamp or page to even begin deciphering it, and i&#8217;ve probably got as much experience with that as you do. not gonna lie, most of my readings just&#8230; start at the first paragraph, or page, or whatever. or i download them off of JSTOR, which outlines its intellectual property stuff <a href=\"https:\/\/about.jstor.org\/terms\/#intellectual-property-rights\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;d give it a close read, google any terms you&#8217;re unfamiliar with, and try to piece the situation together that way. if you&#8217;re not authorized to distribute your readings, then i think any copyright notice included will make that pretty clear. just use your best guess\/common sense, and roll with that, i guess.<\/p>\n<p>as a student myself, i can understand that you&#8217;d want to help your friends access materials that they might have trouble getting a hold of. i have no clue how copyright laws work cross-border. that does complicate things a bit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/d31uSZROYCo5JidG\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;d actually reach out to a librarian if you want a more concrete answer. i feel like they&#8217;re the kinds of people who would know things like this. if you&#8217;re aware of your <a href=\"https:\/\/personal.library.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/content\/about\">personal librarian<\/a> at u of t, that might be a good place to start. you can just pose your questions in general, hypothetical terms if you&#8217;re worried about repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>sorry i couldn&#8217;t be more helpful! if you wanna send me screenshots of what you&#8217;re referring to, i can try and investigate a lil further. but yeah, personal librarian. get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>be Boundless,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hey! I was wondering what the big copyright stamp\/page at the beginning of some of my readings entails? Does uoft really own the material even if it was by some random author at some random time? I have american friends in a different university that i sometimes like to help out by sending pdfs of my readings, but is that not allowed? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey hey, i actually have&#8230; no clue what you&#8217;re referring to? i&#8217;d need to have a look at the actual copyright stamp or page to even begin deciphering it, and i&#8217;ve probably got as much experience with that as you do. not gonna lie, most of my readings just&#8230; start at the first paragraph, or page, or whatever. or i download them off of JSTOR, which outlines its intellectual property stuff here.\u00a0 i&#8217;d give it a close read, google any terms you&#8217;re unfamiliar with, and try to piece the situation together that way. if you&#8217;re not authorized to distribute your readings, then i think any copyright notice included will make that pretty clear. just use your best guess\/common sense, and roll with that, i guess. as a student myself, i can understand that you&#8217;d want to help your friends access materials that they might have trouble getting a hold of. i have no clue how copyright laws work cross-border. that does complicate things a bit. i&#8217;d actually reach out to a librarian if you want a more concrete answer. i feel like they&#8217;re the kinds of people who would know things like this. if you&#8217;re aware of your personal librarian at u of t, that might be a good place to start. you can just pose your questions in general, hypothetical terms if you&#8217;re worried about repercussions. sorry i couldn&#8217;t be more helpful! if you wanna send me screenshots of what you&#8217;re referring to, i can try and investigate a lil further. but yeah, personal librarian. get in touch. be Boundless, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[299,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copyright","category-library"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"hey! 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