Mark,
The "first sale" doctrine says that you can
"sell or otherwise dispose"
of a work. It doesn't say that you can make an electronic
copy of the
work, even if it's for your own personal use. There's
nothing in the US
law that explicitly grants you that right. It's another
story in Australia:
http://www.mipi.c
om.au/proposed.htm
or New Zealand:
http://www.cons
umer.org.nz/topic.asp?category=Legal%20Rights&subcategor
y=Travel%20%26%20entertainment&docid=1800&topic=Copy
right%20law&title=Your%20rights%20explained&contentt
ype=summary&bhcp=1
The couple of court cases in the US that have touched on
this issue have
left the impression that making electronic copies of music
for personal
use or backup is OK. But there's nothing written in law and
I think you
would be challenged to extend that argument to making an
electronic copy
of a printed book.
Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI
Mark Sandford wrote:
> Why would that be a copyright violation? It doesn't
say he's making them
> available to anyone but himself. If I can legally copy
a song from a
> legally purchased CD to my MP3 player (and I can
according to US law), why
> wouldn't I be allowed to scan a book and make it
available to myself on my
> PC?
>
> Of course, I'm not as familiar with Canadian law, but
my understanding is
> that it's not terribly different than US copyright as
far as normal fair use
> goes. Sadly, the abuse of contract law (via
questionably legal licensing
> practices) has clouded the fact that the first sale
doctrine says once you
> buy something, you can do what you want with it as long
as you're not
> distributing copies.
>
>
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