Deanofid said:Ken, the rights of the copyright owner are quite broad. Most things like books and prints are copyrighted to
to protect against any kind of copying whatsoever, by any individual or entity.
Copyright law provides protections like this, and is common for many printed articles:
All rights reserved. No part of this (document) may be reproduced in any form by print, photography,
microfilm, or any other means without written permission...
It's pretty darn specific.
Marinesteam said:Yes, it appears to be specific, But it doesn't override the fair use doctrine. It's fair use to copy a print provided you have rights to use the ideas contained therein. I don't think that a court would uphold a claim that a holders rights were violated when one is using information that one is entitled to use.
bearcar1 said:The making of duplicate copyright material by the owner for backup or file purposes is one thing, but for distribution to other parties regardless of for profit or not, is illegal.
BC1
Jim
IanN said:Hi,
As I pointed out in my earlier post, only the USA has the concept of being able to copy something for your own use. In the rest of the world copying any work - printed word, music (or other sound), pictures, photographs - is not permitted. Only the USA and Israel let people break the internationally accepted copyright rules and get away with it.
Ian.
Maryak said:Guys,
As you all know, we have a very strong policy here about copyright.
If there is any doubt about what you may or may not do - PLEASE don't do it here.
Best Regards
Bob
Dan Rowe said:Ken,
The drawings in question are protected by UK copyright law and the guy asking is from OZ so US copyright law has nothing to do with the issue.
I have read a bunch of US copyright law and the fair use rule is complicated and for most cases would need judicial rule to settle. I have never seen anything about copying for personal use but I have used the copy machine in several major US engineering coledge librarys in full view of the staff, so I do not think I was breaking the law. Although my taste in engineering is pre 1920 which is public domain.
Bob already stated how to handle the issue on this forum.
Marinesteam said:I understand that Canada specifically has that exemption.
Ken
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