[WEB4LIB] Re: Computers in Libraries and the death of copyright

[Roy Tennant]

The slides are now up at 
http://www.escholarship.cdlib.org/rtennant/presentations/cil2001/docster/
but they do not include my comments. Please do not construe these 
slides or any comments I make on this issue to be legal advice. I am 
completely unqualified to provide such advice, although I may make 
observations on what is technically possible and some possible 
implications of these possibilities on libraries.
Roy


At 10:20 AM -0800 3/19/01, Jacqueline Lesch wrote:
>I would be very interested to learn more about the "copyright is dead"
>presentation. We are a database program and I would like to make academic
>journal articles availabe online--but we keep debating the matter of
>copyright regarding the scanning of hardcopy articles for electronic
>distribution. We are looking at copyright.com as a solution.
>
>-Jacquie
>---------------------------
>Jacqueline Lesch
>Digital Library Administrator
>Redlands Institute
>University of Redlands
>http://cem.uor.edu
>lesch at cem.uor.edu
>
>On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Masters, Gary E wrote:
>
>>  Went to Computers in Libraries last week and it was a bit of a time warp for
>>  me.  I actually walked out on one speaker when he said several things that
>>  were questionable ("I have no choice but to use Power Point and the other
>>  basic programs") and "..my good friend Kenneth Starr."  But can report that
>>  Roy Tennant said exactly what I have been saying in other arenas "Copyright
>>  is dead."  Which is that what ever can be reduced to a computer file that
>>  can be sent to others on the Internet will have no protection.  It may be
>>  possible with some superhuman effort to make it illegal, but the process
>>  will cost more than it is worth.  His presentation was excellent.  There was
>>  a lawyer on the program, but he was clearly playing defense.  As he should.
>>
>>
>>  The sooner people realize that it is a new world, the sooner we can devise a
>>  system that will work.
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Gary Masters
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Gary E. Masters
>>  Librarian (Systems)
>>  CDRH - FDA
>>  (301) 827-6893
>>