Stricter laws?
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Copying is under attack
By RUE CHAGOLL
Stricter regulations governing use of library photocopying machines may soon become a reality.
The American copyright law has recently come under fire from many directions, one being the complaints from publishers that photocopying machines are doing serious damage to sales.
They claim by law it is illegal to reproduce printed matter under current effective copyright in this manner.
Commenting on an article which recently appeared in the "Wall Street Journal" discussing copyright law problems, Earl Farley, an associate director of KU libraries, said an act pending in Congress may soon update the law to meet developments which have occurred since the original law was enacted in 1909.
"SINCE 1809, copyright law changes have been sort of a patchwork operation," Farley said.
"A change in the law may very well compel us to change our policies here, too," he said.
"It's always been our policy here not to permit a work to be copied in its entirety.
John Glinka, also an associate director, explained the current library policy on photocopying of library materials at KU:
"If a person is referred to me who has requested a complete copy, and the copyright hasn't expired, I will recommend he go to the book store and order a copy for himself."
"Whether it be pen, pencil, or machine, all three devices are essentially doing the same thing," he said.
This is where the problem of modern technology has complicated the situation.
But it has extended beyond photocopiers. It has come to affect use of computer storage of information, community antenna television, educational television, and satellite transmissions, as well as individual entertainers and performers.
ALL OF THE relatively new and rapidly expanding technological developments have in some way affected copyright problems.
"We're just waiting to see what happens." Farley said, "because it's a difficult thing to decide on since there have been no court cases in which to establish a precedent as to what constitutes fair use."
Even jukeboxes have entered new legislation attempts.
The following reprint from a "CQ" magazine factsheet illustrates:
"The jukebox provision — requiring owner-operators either to keep and file four times a year detailed logs of records played or to contract with a performing rights society — was considered impractical and burdensome by both the jukebox industry and the performing rights societies. It was hoped, however, that the provision would spur the two sides to negotiate terms acceptable to both of them, something they had never before able to do."
RIGHTS OF performers are also being looked into in consideration of the problem.
"Take the case of the screen actor who can sit home and watch a movie in which he worked, and not get paid a cent for it," Glinka illustrated.
"Under existing law," the "CQ"
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Performers are seeking now to have a provision entered into the bill which will require royalties be paid for use of records on radio and television.
article said, "the only money a performer receives for his record comes from his contract with the recording company."
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FARLEY SAID Great Britain
has stricter laws governing copyright.
There, copiers of information must sign an affidavit stating they have the permission of the author before reproductions can be made.
"This transfers the responsibility from the library to the user," he said.
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