Re: limits on downloading (CD read/write drives)

[kartanand@123india.com]

I believe there is a potential copyright infringement here--in the common
law world there is a famous case of the University of Sydney which was
held liable for infringement because they had a very good photocopying
service and a lot of students photocopied whole books instead of buying
them--the liability was held to be on teh ground of unrestricted access
when the University knew the potential copyright violation and in this
case it was proved that they were actually aware of the copyright
violation

regards,

Kartike Anand
law student, India

On Fri, 25 May 2001, Margaret Phillips wrote:

> Our workstation support group is thinking about installing CD read/write 
> drives on all of the library's public access PCs. Our PCs are open to the 
> public therefore allowing drop-in users to potentially download a lot of 
> data onto a CD. Does the availability of CD read/write drives conflict with 
> licensing language that restricts downloading (i.e. limiting to a certain 
> percentage of total or limiting downloading to a "reasonable" amount 
> or  for "personal use" only.)?
> 
> Any thoughts and experiences you can share that would shed light on this 
> issue would be most appreciated.
> 
> Margaret Phillips
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> University of California
> Berkeley, CA 94720-600