Re: Fair Use

On Tue, 02 Mar 1999, Jagdish Arora <jarora42[_at_]hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have read about Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) held in 1996
> where the issue of what libraries can scan for without explicit use of
> publisher was discussed. Apparently, no consensus was reached in this
> Conference but the talk was suppposed to continue. I am interested to
> learn out come of this discussion.
>
> Can someone enlighten me on this?

Yes, on CONFU the Final Report to the Commissioner on the Conclusion of the Conference on Fair Use was submitted in November 1998. It may be up on the PTO website http://www.uspto.gov/, or you could probably call for a Report. I do not know what it says concerning library scanning...

Sabrina McLaughlin
U.S. Department of Commerce
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smclaughlin1[_at_]doc.gov Received on Wed Mar 03 1999 - 16:58:23 GMT