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

[rjensen@ualberta.ca]

You cite the Fair Use doctrine. Fair Use does not deal with a
copyright holder being unreachable. If they are unreachable and your
use does not fall under Fair Use, the default answer is "NO, you can't
use it." (This led to the development of CC licence's, which
proactively gives permission whereas copyright legislation requires
explicit permission.) 

It is exceedingly difficult to argue that a creator has abandoned any
claim to a work. Heck, even if the creator dies, their work doesn't
become public domain for around 100 years (depending on the country)!

 Dr. Roy Jensen
(==========)-----------------------------------------¤
 Lecturer, Chemistry
 E5-33F, University of Alberta
 780.248.1808



On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:17:10 -0600, you wrote:

> http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html <http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html>
>
> Several universities have more easy-to-read guidelines for fair use:
> http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypol2.html <http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypol2.html>
> https://www2.bc.edu/andrea-frank/vrc/VRAFairUseGuidelinesFinal.pdf <https://www2.bc.edu/andrea-frank/vrc/VRAFairUseGuidelinesFinal.pdf>
> http://www.nyu.edu/footer/copyright-and-fair-use.html <http://www.nyu.edu/footer/copyright-and-fair-use.html>
>
> Paul
>
> > On Jan 6, 2015, at 8:56 AM, rjensen@ualberta.ca wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > (==========)-----------------------------------------¤
> > 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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