Re: coursepacks on library reserve

From: Laura N. Gasaway <unclng[_at_]email.unc.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:24:34 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 Paula Ebbitt <paula_ebbitt/fs/ksg[_at_]ksg.harvard.edu wrote:
>
> Now that I know that placing textbooks on library reserve is not a
> violation of copyright, mainly thanks to Laura Gasaway, I have another
> concern about making coursepacks available for students to check out
> (and possibly copy) from the Reserve Desk. At the Kennedy School, we
> have a Course Materials Office that sells coursepacks to students
> containing photocopied material for which royalties have been paid. The
> Course Materials Office brings copies of all coursepacks to the library
> to put on reserve to serve as backup copies in case a student forgets to
> bring in a coursepack or if a packet is temporarily sold out from the
> Course Materials Office.
>
> My understanding is that the library is not liable for any copyright
> violations as long as the photocopy machines carry the warning:
>
> NOTICE: The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17 U.S. Code)
> governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted
> material. The person using this equipment is liable for any
> infringement.
>
> Am I right or wrong or somewhere in between?

Paula,

     You are exactly right.

Lolly

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Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Received on Thu Oct 23 1997 - 14:26:36 GMT