Re: copyright changes

On Tue, Jun 08, 1999, Nick Zales <zales[_at_]execpc.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Rich Stim <rwstim[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Under fair use guidelines, libraries and nonprofit archives must
> > prominently display the notice indicated below in a place where
> > photocopies are made or ordered.
>
> Do these notices serve any real purpose? Of course not. People
> copy whatever they want regardless of these notices. So why go through
> the trouble? To protect rights? No rights are being protected, lay
> people do what they want. In fact, people laugh at and mock these
> notices. I submit they serve no real purpose and should be done
> away with.

The notices do serve one purpose: In the event of a lawsuit for infringement, they serve as evidence that the infringer was put on notice, thereby defeating the defense of innocent infringement, and quite possibly supporting a case for multiple damages on the grounds of willful infringement. People who ignore the notices might give that a second thought.

Robert C. Cumbow
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Received on Wed Jun 09 1999 - 15:24:08 GMT