[Air-l] Copyright issues on material transmitted to AIR-L

[Aldon Hynes]

I must admit, I do not know the legal issues here, but
on a different list which often forwards copyrighted
articles, I often see a disclaimer:

(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this
material is distributed without profit to those who
have expressed a prior interest in receiving the
included information for research and educational
purposes.) 

Can anyone explain Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 as it
pertains here?  My understanding of the disclaimer is
that such forwarding of copyrighted material would be
permissable.

Aldon
--- jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu> wrote:
> It was not only you Ken, there were others
> 
> for instance why your method is against the law, if
> you were to post a 
> washington post article, you would be breaking their
> copyright because they 
> state:
> YOU MAY NOT COPY, REPRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, PUBLISH,
>                     DISPLAY, PERFORM, MODIFY, CREATE
> DERIVATIVE WORKS,
>                     TRANSMIT, OR IN ANY WAY EXPLOIT
> ANY PART OF THIS
>                     SERVICE, EXCEPT THAT YOU MAY
> DOWNLOAD MATERIAL
>                     FROM THIS SERVICE FOR YOUR OWN
> PERSONAL,
>                     NONCOMMERCIAL USE AS FOLLOWS:
> YOU MAY MAKE ONE
>                     MACHINE READABLE COPY AND/OR ONE
> PRINT COPY THAT
>                     IS LIMITED TO OCCASIONAL
> ARTICLES OF PERSONAL
>                     INTEREST ONLY.
> 
> and the NYT has this:
> All rights reserved.
> 
>            All materials contained on this site are
> protected by United 
> States copyright law and may not be  reproduced,
> distributed, transmitted, 
> displayed, published or broadcast without the prior
> written permission of 
> The New York Times Company. You may not alter or
> remove any trademark, 
> copyright or other notice from copies of the
> content.
> 
> So it is my interpretation, that one is not allowed
> to distribute via 
> e-mail lists from these sources.  However, one can
> distribute within fair 
> use guidelines, which is distributing the first
> paragraph a link to the rest.
> 
> It should be noted that the server that this list
> sits on, and probably the 
> one it used to sit on are governed by the respective
> universities use 
> guidelines which have this stipulation or something
> similar:
> 
> For use(of computers and networks) to be acceptable,
> it must demonstrate 
> respect of:
> 
>       the rights of others to privacy;
>       intellectual property rights (e.g., as
> reflected in licenses and 
> copyrights);
>       ownership of data;
>       system mechanisms designed to limit access;
> and
>       individuals' rights to be free of
> intimidation, harassment, and 
> unwarranted annoyance.
> 
> so more or less we should think about staying within
> those guidelines 
> whenever possible:)
> 
> I appreciate your understanding on this issue.
> Jeremy Hunsinger          	http://www.cddc.vt.edu
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> Discourse and Culture
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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