Re: Coursepacks-outsourcing online distribution

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Georgia Harper <gharper[_at_]utsystem.edu> wrote:
>
> I have determined for my institutions (Univ. of Texas System
> Universities) that there is an important and significant
> distinction between a for-profit copy shop and a nonprofit,
> internal University operated copy shop

I recommend the joint APA/NACS publication, Questions & Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community (or similar title), which has an extensive discussion of fair use in the campus setting. While not controlling, it has been cited and its guidelines discussed in federal district and circuit court opinions. A reading will probably change your mind about the significance of profit/non-profit enterprises as a controllling factor. Much more important are spontaneity, length/percentage of the selection, number of selections per course, etc. As the previous responder wrote, a copy is a copy and diminishes the value of the copyright. The distinction you are trying to draw may lie more properly between the researcher/copier as individual (fair use) and the enterprise/copier as reseller -- whether for- or not-for-profit (get permission).

David

David Wilson
UCSD Bookstore Course Materials Department Manager University of California, San Diego
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