Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 06:58:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Eamon Fennessy (The Copyright Group) <efennessy_at_att.net>
Subject: RE - Linking to National Academies Press Books Online
Javad: I'm sure you've seen the publicity about music being downloaded
at
academic institutions and the ruckus that has caused. Yes, you may
"copy" a
copyrighted work for your own personal use but to go a step beyond that
and
link to someone else's works so that others may download it is going
beyond
good copyright practice.
If I were you I would contact your general counsel before perhaps being
charged with contributing to copyright infringement.
Eamon T. Fennessy, CEO
The Copyright Group, Inc.
PO Box 5496
Beverly Farms, MA 01915
Phone & FAX (978) 927 9936
> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:17:15 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Javad Maher (Angelo State U.) <Javad.Maher_at_angelo.edu>
> Subject: Linking to National Academies Press Books Online
>
> Greetings!
>
> I have a question about the legality (or ethics) of linking free
> National Academies Press books from the library catalog.
>
> At their website ( www.nap.edu ) they state "Read more than 2,500
> books online free!" However, how many of you are currently linking to
> these titles, and what kind of legal and/or ethical implications are
there,
> particularly for creating a catalog record and linking to NAP items? I
> do note the following information from their website:
>
> Copyright Issues
> May I share my PDF with others? No. All of the content on the Web site
> is copyrighted. You may print single copies in PDF format of the
online
> publications solely for your personal noncommercial use. Substantial
or
> systematic reproduction is not permitted. Distributing or posting the
> PDF files is strictly prohibited without written permission of the
NAP.
> Each page of the PDF carries the copyright statement and a tracking
number
> that is specific to each downloaded PDF file. Please see Terms of Use
for the
> National Academies Press Electronic Publications.
>
> So what about an "Institution" linking to the works, although it isn't
> actually reproducing the material? Is it distributing, or merely
> facilitating access? And what is the definition of a "derivative work"
-
> would an OCLC catalog record be considered such? Finally, I do note
that
> there are over 50 records in OCLC pointing to materials at this site,
> although I do not know the breakdown of records for "free" materials
> versus "fee" materials.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Javad Maher
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