I thought that if the school had a copy(s) of the book in their library then copying bits of it eg. for setting questions etc. was also fair use. I certainly haven't heard of schools being busted for doing so and I can't imagine the author of a school textbook being willing to support such an action nor the publisher for that matter.
It's another one of those grey areas regards copyright I think.
Schools, universities are entitled to photocopy a percentage of a book for academic research, because an agreement was bashed out between publishers and educationalists. I think it's about 10%. A publisher may withdraw a text from this arrangement completely if he wishes. If a book is out of print and you wish to copy it (e.g. to maintain a class set of books) you will need explicit agreement from the publisher. The Copyright Licensing Agency is at http://www.cla.co.uk There are links there to other licensing agencies e.g. music. You would not hear of schools being busted because almost all have taken out a licence through their LEA or directly. Not very grey at all. -- ******************************************************************************** All mail sent and received may be examined to prevent transmission of unacceptable material. Wellington College does not accept responsibility for email contents. Problems to postmaster@wellington-college.berks.sch.uk. Website: http://www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk ********************************************************************************