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Re: [Phys-L] Textbooks that no longer be found.



Paul wrote,
"And it grants your institution some protection for the use of
material where the copyright holder is unreachable or has abandoned
any claim."

This surprises me. It is not in the Canadian Copyright Act. Would you
please direct me to the section of the US Copyright Act that grants
this?

Thanks,
Dr. Roy Jensen
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Lecturer, Chemistry
E5-33F, University of Alberta
780.248.1808




On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 08:29:07 -0600, you wrote:

The Educational Fair Use clause gives you permission to use a ‘small’ portion of a text ‘spontaneously' for a couple of years. But it still requires you to make a good faith effort to obtain permission of the copyright holder. The intent is to grant protection for schools who use some material spontaneously. And it grants your institution some protection for the use of material where the copyright holder is unreachable or has abandoned any claim.

Paul

On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:47 PM, Richard Heckathorn <geepaw@wowway.com> wrote:

With the advent of good scanners, can one legally scan a textbook that can no longer be found into searchable pdf format and make it digitally available for use by students in a classroom?

Dick

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