[Web4lib] The paperless society? - article in today's NY Times

[Mark Sandford]

Why would that be a copyright violation?  It doesn't say he's making them
available to anyone but himself.  If I can legally copy a song from a
legally purchased CD to my MP3 player (and I can according to US law), why
wouldn't I be allowed to scan a book and make it available to myself on my
PC?

Of course, I'm not as familiar with Canadian law, but my understanding is
that it's not terribly different than US copyright as far as normal fair use
goes.  Sadly, the abuse of contract law (via questionably legal licensing
practices) has clouded the fact that the first sale doctrine says once you
buy something, you can do what you want with it as long as you're not
distributing copies.

-- 
Mark Sandford
Special Formats Cataloger
William Paterson University
(973)270-2437
sandfordm1 at wpunj.edu

On Feb 11, 2008 10:28 AM, Sidey, Carolyne <carolyne.sidey at xrcc.xeroxlabs.com>
wrote:

> he also says:
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> In the desire for efficiency - to find exactly what you need the moment
> you need it - paper is being left behind. Mr. Uhlik, who also worked on
> Google's Book Search, the book scanning project, has scanned about 100 of
> his reference books to try to make his home library digital and searchable.
> Because he wants to keep the house nearly paper-free, most of his remaining
> 1,000 books are in a shed. He occasionally pays his children to help scan
> them.
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> is there not a copyright issue here?
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> Carolyne Sidey
> Manager, XRCC Library
> Xerox Research Centre of Canada
> 2660 Speakman Drive
> Mississauga, ON L5K 2L1
> 8*286-1302
> (905) 823-7091 x 302
> fax. (905) 822-7022 (not on intelnet)
> Carolyne.sidey at xrcc.xeroxlabs.com
> http://xrccinfo.xrcc.xerox.com/insidexrcc/library/
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