[sdiy] Can anyone OCR the AN23.PDF File Here?

[Ove Ridé]

On 5 July 2017 at 14:44, Neil Johnson <neil.johnson71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Because it violates copyright law.
>
> There are provisions in many country's copyright laws to allow universities
> to scan or photocopy sections of copyrighted materials for educational
> purposes only.  For example:
> http://copyright.ubc.ca/guidelines-and-resources/copyright-guidelines/

What's being discussed on that page are exceptions to copyright,
meaning that an individual may, under certain circumstances, make
copies of a work without permission of the copyright holder. However,
I don't see how that is at all applicable if a copy is made with
explicit permission, and even by request from the copyright owner. The
only potential problem I could see here is that the university might
object to using their equipment for what is essentially private work,
not related to university activities.

> To take Steve's example, suppose that person who bought (or was given,
> doesn't matter) the cassette, transferred it to CD and then sent Steve a
> copy FOR FREE then Steve is perfectly within his rights to call in his
> lawyer and slap that person with copyright violation.  Of course, he doesn't
> have to but it is still his right.  And here's the amusing part: the CD
> version could be construed as a derivative work, so Steve would have to
> negotiate terms with the cassette copier in order to make copies of the CD
> for sale.
>
> http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p22_derivative_works.en.htm

Again, what makes all the difference here is the explicit permission,
which means that special exceptions like fair use etc would not come
into play in the first place. Likewise, even if the CD version in the
example would be considered a derivative work (doubtful, since making
a copy on CD likely wouldn't be considered transformative in nature)
the person making the copy would strictly have already ended the
negotiation on their part by offering to do the service for free. By
having both sides specify the terms of the transaction explicitly, you
have effectively created a legally valid contract.

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/Ove

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