[game_edu] Readings, Libraries & Copyright

[Malcolm Ryan]

As a lecturer in game design, I want to set a 'reading list' of games  
for my students to play. In other disciplines the University has  
standard copyright arrangements which allow them to make sets of  
readings available to students at little or no cost, but there doesn't  
seem to be any appropriate arrangement for software.

Have you encountered this problem? How have you addressed it?

I know that a lot of good cutting-edge independent work is available  
cheaply or for free online, but I don't want to be forced to exclude  
AAA titles from examination. Ideally I would like to set up a library  
of games but I am worried about the copyright  and licensing issues.  
Does anyone know more about this?

Malcolm