Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 15:49:44 GMT
But if Teacher Smith hands out a copy that says at the bottom that the copy is only for Teacher Miller and his class, then it is a bit embarrassing for Teacher Smith to hand out the copies. The Lehrmittelverlag Zürich, the largest publisher of teaching materials in Switzerland, works accordingly: the electronic versions are only available online with a password. What someone downloads gets a footer with a watermark: "Licensed for [school name], [teacher name], [date]". That puts the brakes on wild copying. A copy from a colleague for lesson preparation cannot be prevented in this way, but copies to students can. See example (click to enlarge)
But what if Teacher Smith hands out a copy that has no copyright or licence information on it because it has been removed? Would there be any comeback to Teacher Smith or Teacher Miller if this should happen in Switzerland under Swiss laws, and if so does it only apply to official teaching material? As was mentioned above removing Copy\Print restrictions from protected PDF files is childs play, and even if the watermark is baked on somehow and can't be treated as text or as an element of the PDF that can't be removed then there are ways and means around that.
