[LM_NET] CONTU copyright restrictions

[CAROL NIEMI <CNIEMI@GTACS.ORG>]

Good afternoon,

 

Does anyone have knowledge of any court case that affirmed the brevity
restrictions of the CONTU report?  These were devised by publishers,
etc. and added to the legislative history of the copyright act, but are
not part of the actual law.  They include the suggestion that not more
than 1 chapter of a book for the teacher or 1,000 words or 10% can be
copied for the classs; 1 poem, or 2,500 words, or 1 story; 1 article in
a periodical or 2,500 works, etc.

 

In my Library and the Law classes we never studied any cases involving
these guidelines.  I've never discovered anything since.  Does anyone
else have knowledge about how these rules have been tested in the
courts?

 

As always, thanks for you sharing your collective knowledge.

 

Carol E. Niemi, Librarian

St. Francis High School

Traverse City, MI

cniemi@gtacs.org

home:  as277@tcnet.org

 

You must be the change you want to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi 

 


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