From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> Rich Gauszka wrote:
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> The edge of this ruling is beyond insane. Like I say I recjon they should
> relieve the SC of any tech or mechanism which might have copyright
> infringing capabilities.
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> & that includes transcription .
>
>
>
> Adam

They're probably exempt with the 1976 Act < shouldn't stop the RIAA raid
though >

http://www.edwardsamuels.com/illustratedstory/iscsmall/isc1small.htm

          The new provision, section 108 of the Copyright Act of 1976, has
several main features. First, it limits the exception to libraries and
archives that make their collections open to the public. Next, it limits
copying to relatively small portions of works, or to copies that are made
"solely for purposes of preservation or security," or
"solely for the purpose of replacement of a copy . . . that is
damaged, deteriorating, lost, or stolen," or for copies that are made
for researchers "if the library or archives has [24] first determined,
on the basis of a reasonable investigation, that a copy . . . of the
copyrighted work cannot be obtained at a fair price." The section also
allows a library to provide photocopying machines for the unsupervised use
of its patrons, so long as the "equipment displays a notice that the
making of a copy may be subject to the copyright law."

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