Dear Friends:

This refers to article request by Mr Arunachalam and fears expressed by Girija.
I suggest a way out. Just request for the article availability. The lending and the lendee libraries can contact each other for terms & conditions (free or paid), mode of delivery (courier/fax/email, format (digital/paper) of supply etc. Just One copy made available to the end-user (researcher) for his own personal study/research would be covered by 'fair use' may not attract adverse copyright/licensing problems. Vyasamoorthy, P

From: Library [mailto:library@rri.res.in]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:56 AM
To: lis-forum
Subject: [LIS-Forum] article required (fwd)

Dear moderator,

Sorry, I forgot to add that I am all for people asking for documents
(after exhausting usual sources only) on lis-forum.  I am only worried if
it is correct to ask for pdfs as it is a violation of copyright.  As
everyone knows, this is being done on a personal level in some cases but
in a public forum?  ...

Girija

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