You certainly raise some good points. I hope Mike and others will enter this discussion. It seems to me that there would be a legal difference between an in-print book that's still under copyright and an out-of-print book that's still under copyright. Is a person expected to hunt all over through interlibrary loan? On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:22:21 -0600 Bettie Wood <[email protected]> writes: > 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 The fact that a work is unpublished shall not 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 >