I find it interesting that many faculty members believe that anything they do in education can be justified as not needing copyright clearance because it is educational usage. If faculty just thought about textbooks, they could see that this was not the case. We must purchase textbooks and not just make copies of them. They have a copyright and are, for the most part, purely intended for educational usage. Would someone write a textbook if they would never receive payment because it was for educational usage? Obviously there are many things that have copyrights attached to them that still require obtaining the rights to them when used in an educational setting. I see faculty using music in online chat rooms without proper copyright clearance. There are specific laws that govern that and rights must be obtained. The university I work with now has a license to use certain music and I am fine to use as long as I make sure the music is from approved lists based on the license agreements. Similar rights are needed for graphics too. It is always best to find out what your university licenses are available and how you must proceed. I have even been in in-service training when the person training mentions that copyrights are not something we must worry about because we are in education. Not true! Craig