Re: copyright expiration as a spur to creativity

On 8/27/98, Jerry Notaro <notaro[_at_]bayflash.stpt.usf.edu> wrote:
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> Daniel J. Schaeffer <daniel_schaeffer[_at_]kirkland.com> wrote:
> >
> > Also, if the ILL system doesn't permit extended lending or easy
> > renewals -- doesn't that mitigate more in favor of modifying the
> > ILL system, rather than the copyright laws?
>
> ILL is voluntary. Some participate, and some do not. It is an academic
> courtesy, not a legal obligation.

I understand that ILL is voluntary. That's why I referred to the "ILL system." There are rules or conventions by which the ILL system operates. If there is a problem with duration of loans or renewals, those rules or conventions, not the copyright law, are the proper place to address it.

Daniel J. Schaeffer
<daniel_schaeffer[_at_]kirkland.com> Received on Thu Aug 27 1998 - 12:50:53 GMT