Re: Florida Pre-paid v. College Savings Bank

On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, John Logie <antrobus[_at_]ripco.com> wrote:
>
> Uhhhh... Mr. Byassee? That truck has already plowed right through
> that loophole. I quote from the 1976 revisions to the copyright act:
>
> The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by
> reproduction in copies and phonorecords ... for purposes such
> as ... teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use),
> scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
> (U.S.C. 107 - 1976)
>
> The professors' effort to which you refer strikes me as an assertion
> and affirmation of exisiting rights under the 1976 Act.

I think you're ignoring the use of the word "such." Read correctly, the quoted phrase means

    The fair use of a copyrighted work, including *fair* use by     reproduction in copies and phonorecords ... for purposes such     as ... teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use),     scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.

This stands for the rather unremarkable proposition that a fair use in a teaching environment is a fair use.

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