This an out of print book. I would always rather have a book that would "last"! This is what I found that someone else sent me. This is taken from (Copyright Law section) http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ More specifically from: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/chapter1.pdf 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 & 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or RESEARCH, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include---- 1) the purpose & character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; 2) the nature of the copyrighted work; 3) the amount & substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and 4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use is such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. This sounds to me like we're all ok??? What I need to know now is: If it truns out to be illegal afterall, what are we supposed to do with what we've already copied? Bettie <>< > Because it would prevent the writer and the publisher from receiving > their rightful income, this would certainly be unethical. (Think of all > the hard work and expense they invested.) > > I hope Mike Goad will enter this discussion. Here is what I copied from > him earlier this month. (Let's call it "fair use"!) Mike says, > > My personal opinion is that three pages of anything copyrighted would be > excessive. In the U.S. such usage would come under the principle of > "fair use" which allows "limited" copying. Three pages would seem to be > more than "limited." > > I have a page on "fair use" at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/copyright9.htm > part of my copyright site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/copyright1.htm > ------- > Anyway, after copying a whole book, all you'd have is a bunch of loose > pages in a binder. Much better to have the book that will last. > Alexandra > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:13:35 -0600 Bettie Wood <[email protected]> > writes: > > This came up on my list. > > Is it illegal to copy a book for your own use? Or does the > > copyright have to be "invalid" or "up" before you can copy it? > > Thanks for any help, > > Bettie/Momma Walton <>< > > > > > > > > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > > Searchable archives at > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=copyright > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Check out the new communities at RootsWeb > http://www.communities.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi