Re: Electronic Reserves

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:17:23 -0800

On 11/9/98, Laura N. Gasaway <unclng[_at_]email.unc.edu> wrote:
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> In my opinion students making their own copies of
> materials is fair use as long as they satisfy the four fair
> use factors. There has never been a case holding otherwise.

First, *any* defendant who "satisfies" the four factors will prevail. Second, it's not clear to me that the student-defendant would satisfy the four use factors, certainly not all of them. Finally, the non-existence of a case doesn't prove a legal point.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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