Copyright Infringement & Imaging

I am examining the legal issue of the infringemnet of copyright when a work protected by copyright is imaged. As there are many organizations which are implementing imaging systems someone must have looked at this issue. Any articles, citations to national copyright laws or just plain thoughts on this issue would be welcome.

In particular, some of the questions I am exploring are:

1. Is copyright infringed when a work is imaged for storage i.e. is this a reproduction?
2. If a work is originally produced in elecronic form and is then transmitted to a third party has any copyright restricted act taken place?
3. Is simple downloading for viewing on a screen a reproduction of the work displayed?
4. Is downloading from an imaging system and then making either a print copy or a disc copy a reproduction?

Wanda Noel
Ottawa, Canada
<bj538[_at_]freenet.carleton.ca>

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