>From Kate: > Robin wrote:
>> Copying pages or chunks here and there is something that >> happens every day in every university library and Kinko's. > > and Fran replied > >> Ah: So since every crime and violation of law happens every >> day somewhere, it's OK for you to commit any of them? Kate adds: > I don't know what Kinko's is, but in a university library > copying of a section of a book (1 chapter or 5%) for private > study is perfectly legal. Yes, exactly. In my post, I was attempting to draw a contrast between this sort of legal fair-use copying of small bits -- routine and unremarkable -- vs. the question of copying whole books, as discussed in the preceding paragraph of my post. It appears I didn't draw the distinction clearly enough to be understood by all, and I appreciate you and Andrew making my point clearer. The example I gave here was my (perfectly legal) practice of copying a page or two here and there (along with the title page and publishing info of the book) so I have an accurate record of material I am citing or quoting in a scholarly article. I learned to do this when I realized how hard it was to read my own handwriting in notes that were many years old, or found that I needed to check something like a city of publication to put in a footnote. I sometimes do this even with books I own so I have all the quotations for a given article in the same file. Plus I can happily run a highlighter over text on a Xerox! Kinko's, by the way, is an American chain of copy centers. That is, they were plain-old copy centers when they started sprouting up on college campuses a couple of decades ago. Now they also offer Fedex shipping, office supplies, and a bewildering array of printing/fax/computer services. They're open 24 hours and I have spent many a late night there. I once assembled an anniversary-gift scrapbook there at 3am using their nice selection of acid-free decorative papers and their good paper cutter. I figure the only thing they're missing now is a coffee bar. --Robin _________________________________________________________________ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews_______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
