RE: Library reserves

> Publishers are objecting to an electronic reserve system at the
> University of California in which libraries scan portions
> of books and
> journals and make them available free online to students.
>
> In recent months, lawyers for the Association of American
> Publishers
> have sent letters to the university that object to the use of
> electronic reserves on the San Diego campus. The publishers say that
> the use of electronic reserves is too extensive, violating the "fair
> use" doctrine of copyright law and depriving them of sales.
>
> University officials counter that the electronic reserves at San
> Diego are well within the bounds of fair use.

Doesn't the Copyright Clearance Center collect fees for this kind of use?

• Mike Bradley www.techpubs.com