Re: Fair use (RE: electronic journals CCC)

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

My understanding is that publishers are not worried about one librarian
sending an e-document to another librarian but a librarian passing on an
e-document to an end-user who cannot be controlled (as we all know). I
know it is more complicated that.

Anthony Watkinson

----- Original Message -----
From: Kathryn Ryan-Zeugner <Kathryn.M.Ryan-Zeugner.1@nd.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:43 PM
Subject: RE: Fair use (RE: electronic journals CCC)

> I still don't understand this problem.  ILL Librarians probably understand
> the copyright law and the principle of "fair use" better than anyone else
> on the planet.  Most are positively scrupulous about following the
> guidelines. Why do publishers assume we are suddenly going to run amuck if
> allowed to deliver something electronically!  Prohibiting ILL does not
> eliminate the problem of the ease of delivering items to millions if
> someone is so inclined.
>
> Kathie Ryan-Zeugner
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