Digitizing corporate records

I occasionally get telephone calls asking for copyright advice. Without fail I direct them to a copyright lawyer which I am not. Recently I got a call and I am curious about what the answer might be. The call in question was a 501(c)(3)university corporation that wants to digitize their records for a password protected intranet. Their library told them they would be in copyright violation because some of their records contain photocopies of newspaper articles. Digitizing corporate records seems to be a wide spread practice. Is this use infringement? Do you know of any legal cases?

Judy Harrell
Ereserve Unit
Smathers Libraries Received on Wed Sep 18 2002 - 15:05:44 GMT