RE:

> It is a copyright issue because online publishers create
> their own rules by
> making subscribers enter into a commercial contract with them
> and this in
> effect overrides currently copyright laws for fair dealing
> for students etc.

For those who are not familiar with these restrictions, they circumvent fair use by contractual limitations on what you can do with the downloaded materials. A classic example are the online legal databases which restrict your ability to use public domain materials you have downloaded from their site, even if you strip out all their editorial work.

Ed

Edward P. Richards
Executive Director - Center for Public Health Law The Ruby M. Hulen/UMKC Professor of Law
University of Missouri Kansas City
(816)235-2370 Fax (816)235-5276
richardse[_at_]umkc.edu
http://biotech.law.umkc.edu Received on Fri Sep 07 2001 - 12:22:54 GMT