The answer is YES if yours is not a Public Library.
Under the The Copyright Act, 1957, Chapter XI,
Clause 52, provides for some "Fair Use" under "Certain acts not to be
infringement of copyright"
Under its sub-clause "O" it provides for
"the making of not more than three copies of a book (including a
pamphlet, sheet of music, map, chart or plan) by or under the
direction of the person in charge of a public library for the use of
the library if such book is not available for sale in India;"
---sincerely
Sukhdev Singh, NIC
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:03:14 -0800 (PST), vijaya kumara
Dear Professionals.
To fullfill the library user need, I searched a book to purchase, but I came to know from the different book distributor is "The Book which I am searching is out of print"
But I find the same book with my professional friend, then I thought to digitize the same book for the benefit of our library users.
If i do, is I voilating copy right act ?
Kindly let me know on this aspect. Based on your/ professional suggestion, I will contiune.
Waiting for your kind reply
Regards Vijayakumar
*************************************************************************************** Vijayakumar M, HOD - Library, MVJ College of Engineering, (ISO Certified Institute), Bangalore-560 067 080 - 28452324 Ext. 234 mailto:library@mvjeducation.com library@mvjeducation.com
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