Re: Dracula

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:42:16 -0400

On 7/20/98, Timothy Arnold-Moore <tja[_at_]mds.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Dan L. Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > However, if you scanned this edition, stripped out any original
> > picutres or text, and used the file to print your own edition, you
> > wouldn't be.
>
> Wouldn't the scan be an infringing copy?

Not under U.S. law. There are several cases holding that incidental creation of an intermediate copy, in order to access public domain materials, constitutes fair use. See, e.g., Sega v. Accolade.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall Univeristy
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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Received on Tue Jul 21 1998 - 14:39:16 GMT