Re: copyright changes

From: Laura N. Gasaway <unclng[_at_]email.unc.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 09:23:23 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Marsha Keenan <marsha_keenan[_at_]tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:
>
> Would be interested in any feedback. The ILL librarian attended a
> video conference on Copyright and feels like the changes will impact
> copies made by the Microform department.
>
> "I was telling Marsha about copyright and ILL. That raised the
> question -- does she have to make a copy of the copyright statement
> every time she makes a copy for one of our patrons (not ILL)??? For
> ex., she makes a copy, from microfiche, of an article from a recent
> TV Guide. Does she have to make a copy of the copyright statement
> and give it to the patron?"
>
> Has anyone else heard anything about this? Do you think having
> copyright notices posted covers copyright responsibility? Any input
> will be appreciated.

     The answer is yes. See the revised section 108(a)(3). A library must now reproduce the real copyright notice unless the owner does not include notice on the work. Then the library may use the old ALA stamp: Notice, this work may be protected by copyright.

Lolly

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