Re: Tasini v. NY Times reversed by 2d Circuit

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> so my question is, what are we now to make of libraries' longstanding
> use of microfilm to store copies of collective works, from which
> patrons commonly locate and copy not entire issues of the collective
> work but only single articles?

Most libraries' microfilms [and also printed photo-offset reprints] were supplied by publishers authorized to produce the reproductions of the collective works in their entirety by the original publishers. Some publishers produced and sold their own micro- and reprint editions.

I believe what the patrons do is another matter. They makes copies from the film as they would from the originals, generally understood as fair use.

Albert Henderson
Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
<70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Mon Oct 11 1999 - 21:12:40 GMT