RE: Backfile of photocopied articles

May I suggest one simple way to possibly avoid these clever (and silly) fair use interpretations? Why not draft specific letters requesting permission from the copyright holders?

Rod
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org [mailto:owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org]On
> Behalf Of Caroline Geer
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:16 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: Backfile of photocopied articles
>
>
> Dear Gary,
>
> I have just gone through such a discussion with our faculty. As I
> understand "Fair Use" in an academic setting-and I will be eager
> to read any
> comments from the copyright attorneys on this issue-the articles that are
> used in the Reserve Room may only remain for the duration of the course
> [usually a semester or quarter]. After that time, they must be destroyed.
> The same article from that journal may not be used again for that course
> unless permission has first been obtained from the copyright holder [often
> the publisher]. We have just recently removed all old copies that
> professors had used for years for their courses-all carefully
> catalogued and
> labeled! As I understand it, only one copy may be on Reserve even if it
> will be used by 2 different classes. Of course, multiple copies
> of the book
> or journal the chapter or article is from may be on Reserve with no copy
> provided by the Library in the Reserve Room. Also, the copy cannot be the
> "bulk" or the "heart" of the publication, so generally a chapter out of a
> book or an article out of a magazine would be acceptable for a
> one-time use.
> And only one copy may be made of the article that is kept on Reserve. If
> students want to make a copy of that article for their own use, then they
> must make it as they read the "Notice of Copyright" posted at the copy
> machine.
>
> There are certainly some fine points I am still fuzzy about-such as the
> Copyright Clearance Center and what role it plays in these
> Reserve copies-so
> I hope someone more knowledgeable will jump in to answer. I know
> there was
> an excellent discussion of Fair Use over the summer and some
> excellent URLs
> that were mentioned at that time. Here are a few I've collected and found
> helpful:
>
> http://www.cetus.org/fairindex.html#Contents [Fair Use in
> Education]
> http://www.nmjc.cc.nm.us/copyrightbay/ [this one
> includes an excellent
> "webliography" of other sites]
> http://www.benedict.com/ [the Copyright Website]
> http://www.templetons.com/brad//copymyths.html [10 Big Myths About
> Copyright]
> http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/copyright/ [Copyright
> Information Page]
> http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/Copyright/ereserves.htm [for music
> educators]
> http://www.iupui.edu/~copyinfo/home.html [Copyright Management
> Center-Indiana University-Purdue University]
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Caroline Geer, MA MLIS phone: 903.233.3271
> Coordinator of Information Resources
> Margaret Estes Library
> LeTourneau University
> 2100 S. Mobberly Ave., POB 7001
> Longview, TX 75607-7001
>
> URL: www.letu.edu/departments/library
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org [mailto:owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org]On
> Behalf Of Atwood, Gary
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:30 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Backfile of photocopied articles
> Dear Members of the List:
>
> I have a question that I'm fairly sure that I know the answer to, but I
> still would like to hear some of your opinions. First, a little
> background.
> We have two file cabinets full of photocopied articles that the professors
> here put on reserve for their classes. The file cabinets sit out in a
> public area where anyone can have access to them, although they are seldom
> used by the general public. It's my understanding that the rationale for
> storing these articles was that the professors usually come in a request
> that the same articles be put on reserve each year when they
> teach the class
> so why not save ourselves a lot of extra work by just filing the articles
> and reusing them? While I agree with the idea and have gone
> along with the
> system as it stands, I don't think that this is the proper thing
> to do from
> a copyright standpoint. My question is: is it acceptable to
> archive these
> articles in the manner that we have been doing or do we have to dispose of
> them once class is over and the reserve shelves are taken down? While I
> have been here, any new articles that have been put on reserve have either
> come from journals that we subscribe to or professors who I assume have
> gotten them properly. I cannot say the same for the articles collected in
> the years before I arrived. I don't know if it makes any
> difference or not,
> but I thought I would mention it.
>
> As I said in the beginning, I'm fairly sure that we are not supposed to be
> operating in this manner, but I'm in a position now to make a
> change to this
> policy and I'd like to put us back on the right track if at all possible.
> Thanks in advance for the advice.
>
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> Gary S. Atwood
> Assistant Librarian
> Bangor Theological Seminary
> 300 Union Street
> Bangor, Maine 04401
> e-mail: gatwood[_at_]bts.edu
> tel: (207) 942-6781 x123
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