Re: electronic journals CCC

["Anthony Watkinson" <anthony.watkinson@btinternet.com>]

I really am not up to speed on US legislation but could not be seen as
rather like the Tasini case? You cannot assume that rights given in print
are automatically given in electronic (which was what the newspapers did)
and as far as exceptions to copyright protection (which is what fair use
is about) surely the legislation assumes print. I am open to being shot
down. I know the law is complicated.

Anthony Watkinson

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Anderson <rickand@unr.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: RE: electronic journals CCC


> I don't think that most publishers are actually out there rubbing their
> hands together and plotting the demise of fair use in any specific way.
> However, just about every license I examine forbids behavior that would be
> considered well within fair-use boundaries in the print realm.  It's
> understandable -- large-scale piracy of print materials is difficult,
> whereas with electronic materials it's absurdly easy, so it makes sense to
> impose more stringent restrictions on electronic stuff.  But there's
> nothing about the fair use doctrine itself that makes, say,
> electronic-to-electronic exchange unacceptable -- fair use doctrine talks
> about intent, scale and market impact, not format.
>
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