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Tuesday, March 21, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Revised law holds down multiple copving
By MARY-ANNE OLIVAR
Staff Writer
A revised copyright law that restricts multiple copying of materials will prevent authors and publishers from losing money, according to publishing officials.
The law, which went into effect Jan. 1,
replaces a 1909 copyright law.
"Publishers were getting ripped off," Yvanne Willingham, associate director of Regents Press of Kansas, a local publishing firm, said recently.
Willingham said publishers had been losing money because people often copied large portions of books rather than buy them.
Now, according to the revised law, anyone who wants to make multiple copies of copyrighted materials must ask permission to do so from the copyright holders. However, under certain circumstances that are considered to be "fair use" or that follow guidelines, one does not have to ask permission.
PUBLISHING HOUSES, Willingham said, usually hold the copyrights.
Although publishers are aware that the revived law can not control copying, they
P providence Cicerone, permissions manager at Scribner's, a publishing company in New York City, said, "It makes people aware of the fact that they are an awful. Before people did not think it was."
Cerro said that before the revised law went into effect there had been many cases where
Some University of Kansas instructors agreed and said that some of their peers had abused the law by copying large parts of books. As a result, publishers and authors
Contrary to the old law, the revised provision has a section that authorizes teachers to make multiple copies for students, and permits risk permission from the copyright holder.
The section, Section 107, "Limitations on
exclusive rights: Fair Use," lists the four following factors that would be considered by the courts in determining whether the use made of materials is fair.
- **THE PURPOSE AND CHARACTER of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.**
- "The nature of the copyrighted work.
- The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work.
- 'The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work'
In addition, publishers said that if instructors followed a set of guidelines to single and multiple copying, they would not be sued for infringement of copyright. The guidelines include specifications of the size and format that can be copied under certain circumstances.
prose can be copied; "Either a complete article, story or essay of less than 2,500 words or excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10 percent of the work, whichever is less, but a minimum of 500 words."
For example, the following amounts of
Copying would be spontaneous if it were at the "instance and inspiration" of the teacher and if, once the teacher decided he wanted to use the material, he would have enough time to ask permission of the holder of the copyrighted work.
ACCORDING TO the guidelines, an instructor can make multiple copies of course material only if the copying is brief, spontaneous, meets the test of cumulative effect and if each copy includes a notice of copyright.
Included in the cumulative effect is a provision that states that the copies made would be for only one course in the school in which the copies are made.
the revised law and called it restrictive and potentially inhibiting. And they said they would not ask permission to make copies from the copyright holder because the procedure was expensive and time-consuming.
A number of instructors were bothered by
HOWEVER, CICERO SAID, "We answer our requests the same day. We charge half a cent per book of a page, multiplied by the cost of each book to out be less than $5, we waive the fee."
For example, she said, if someone wants 25 copies of 10 pages it would be $1.25. But the fee would be waived because the amount did not exceed $5.
According to Willingham, all publishers would answer requests promptly because publishing companies have an employee firmly with copyright requests and procedures.
She said Regents Press had not received any requests yet, but that the company would look into it.
requested was "reasonable" such as 10 copies. But a fee might be charged for 30 copies.
"You can't give away your book," she said.
One instructor, who had said earlier he would not ask permission from the publisher to make copies from books and journals, said that under conditions such as those Scr绎ner's described he would ask permission to make copies from books.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, the department would have to nav for the expenses.
The instructor, T.R. Smith, professor of geography, said, "I certainly wouldn't pay
Charles Sidman, chairman of the department of history, said his department would pay for such expenses if it was a large amount and a small number of people.
Mechanical problems halt car market tests
"You can't give one person a huge amount and deprive other faculty from money."
The company faces several lawsuits concerning the allegedly faculty trans-
Bv DAVID LINK
Staff Writer
Like many University of Kansas students, a test car, on campus this semester as part of a marketing project, failed to make it through the midterm crunch without some
However, the car's problems are mechanical rather than academic.
The car, a 1978 Chevrolet Monza, developed a crack in its engine block three years ago. The department services department of Turner Chevrolet, 3400 S. Iowa. st., for replacement parts, which did not arrive until Friday, according to Montgomery, one of Turner's mechanics.
The car is on loan to the School of Business from General Motors as part of KU's involvement in an intercollegiate marketing competition sponsored by General Motors Corp., according to John Tolleson, associate dean of the school and coordinator of KU's participation in the projec
Ford had no comment except that it was cooperating with the investigation. But a Ford document supplied to safety administration last month said the company knew of 171 accidents, 72 injuries and five deaths 'telegramly attributable to inadvertent transmission' in the 1960 introduction with C-6 transmissions since their 1966 introduction.
The project is a competition between 20 schools of business to develop a national marketing campaign for the '78 Monza. The winning entry will receive a $5,000 first prize. A team of GM representatives will judge the competition in April.
Tolleson, who is also a professor of business administration, invited the advertising department in the School of Journalism to participate in the program.
Tollison said he expected the car to be repaired before spring break but there apparently was a delay in obtaining the correct part.
"They sent us the wrong engine at first," Montgomtner said. Saturday, "The part number on the box was right, but there was a V4 engine block inside. This car has a V6.
Montgomery said that because the right replacement part had arrived, work on the car could begin this morning and the car would probably be ready tomorrow.
Tolelfson said he thought the loan of the car provided additional motivation for the student to read and write. The students are enrolled in Tolelfson's marketing class and in an advertising class in the School of Journalism taught by Dr. J. D. Lafayette, both assistant professors of journalism.
"It's good in that it provides students with hands-on experience." Tollefson said. "He said he hoped the two classes would benefit from the exchange of information and exposure to different perspectives of a marketing problem.
The marketing class used the car at the beginning of the semester to conduct tests of the potential market. The results will be published in this class to use in planning its media campaigns.
Because of the car's mechanical troubles,
Defective Fords shift themselves into accidents
An investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that since the 1973 model year, some Ford vehicles have had defects that cause the automatic transmission to slip from park in reverse.
DETROIT (AP) — The federal government says transmission defects in some Ford Motor Cars may be linked to six owners not to leave the vehicle running.
Such transmission failures have resulted in cars running over their owners, crushing them against buildings or dragging them about the pavement.
The investigation involves Ford Torinos, Elites, LTD IIs, and Thunderbirds; Mercury Montego, Cougars and Lincoln;s; F50, F500, Econoline and Broncolight trucks.
students in the advertising class have not yet had an opportunity to use the Monza.
"By the time the advertising teams were chosen, the block had cracked and we haven't had much chance to use the car."<sup>[1]</sup>
However, Chowsin said he did not think
he would wound him, but hurt his
students' ability to promote peace.
"I think the car's availability is more significant to the marketing people than to us," Chowins said. "Most of our group have a different attitude, so it hasn't made too much difference to us."
Gelvin said he had the impression that the responsibility for maintaining the car was too great.
"And they're very embarrassed about the whole thing," he said.
Turner Chevrolet's service manager,
Luren McClurk was at a loss to explain
what had happened.
"The car ran fine when we first got it," he said. "It had plenty of antifreeze, I really liked it."
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