On Wed, Nov 18, 1998, Mark Olson <molson[_at_]falcon.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:
>
> I've lurked on this list for a long time because there are often
> discussions of topics useful to me as a visual resources curator.
>
> A local bookstore prominently advertises the rental of New York Times
> Bestsellers. I asked an employee of the bookstore about possible
> copyright issues and was told they started doing it after learning that
> there are bookstores in New York that do it. The employee was unaware
> of any licensing agreements with publishers. I've read the messages
> in the cni-copyright archives about the rental of books on tape but I
> haven't been able to find anything that deals with the rental of actual
> books. If book rental does not infringe I would think it would be
> ubiquitous. Is my local bookseller looking for trouble?
It's the same a library; in fact, in the 19th century in England, libraries did charge a fee. Nothing new here, folks.
Michael A Scarpitti
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Received on Fri Nov 20 1998 - 13:50:21 GMT
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