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Re: Fair Use Assumptions
Forwarded message: Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 14:43:45 EST From: Anthony W Ferguson <ferguson@columbia.edu> Subject: Re: Fair Use Assumptions re Scott Wick's statement (and others over the course of the past several messages): "When it comes to matters legal, assume nothing." I am almost convinced that it is necessary to spend several weeks on each license of going back and forth making sure that the contract states clearly that the publisher acknowledges that they know about fair use. Still, I wonder if we might not be taking it too far. My grandmother was a very cautious person. When she bought a pillow, couch, or any item made up of a fiber and it had one of those tags the stated "Do not remove under penalty of law" she never removed one. We tried to tell her she was not liable, to no avail. After she passed away we marveled at the number of tags still in pristine condition. A few years ago, a certain European publisher who didn't believe librarians knew or were willing to obey the principles of fair use provided a cash discount to those who were willing to sign an agreement stating that they would abide by fair use. Many librarians refused to sign such agreements and found them insulting. Tony Anthony W. Ferguson Associate University Librarian Columbia University Libraries Tel. 212-854-2270 Fax. 212-222-0331 Net: ferguson@Columbia.edu [MOD. NOTE: one of your moderators is of the granmother-ilk and does not remove tags! While this behavior obsession is generally invisible on furniture, it does look silly upon the stuffed animals in her collection!]
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