Hello All, Could we have an open discussion on Copyright Laws in India...what constitutes a copyright violation? 1. Photocopying of books and keeping them for display and use in the library? 2. Scanning of books - say for using as a digital library? After all, these are not done for any commercial purpose, we do not sell them, they are for everyday use, especially when there is a huge demand for a particular book.....does this constitute a copyright violation? Can Academic Libraries not keep multiple copies of photocopies books which would really help the students? What about scanning books? Can books not be scanned and stored digitally? Have any of you tried these methods? Do they work? Are they legal? Can a library do such a thing? How do you handle situations when books are in great demand? Could you discuss these and other such related issues? Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin@hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"; panose-1:3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial; color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:317346111; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:-1668005552 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> Hello All, � Could we have an open discussion on Copyright Laws in India …what constitutes a copyright violation? � Photocopying of books and keeping them for display and use in the library? Scanning of books – say for using as a digital library? After all, these are not done for any commercial purpose, we do not sell them, they are for everyday use, especially when there is a huge demand for a particular book…..does this constitute a copyright violation? Can Academic Libraries not keep multiple copies of photocopies books which would really help the students? What about scanning books? Can books not be scanned and stored digitally? � Have any of you tried these methods? Do they work? Are they legal? Can a library do such a thing? How do you handle situations when books are in great demand? Could you discuss these and other such related issues? � Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant � *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin@hexaware.com . ***************************************************************************************************************************
Copyright issues:
What is permitted:
Fair use
Photocopying: - Limited portion of the book (10%) or journal (two articles)
for academic or research purpose only
Scanning - The same limits for scanning and delivering to the end user for
his/her use and NOT for storing
For commercial use:
You can copy / scan to send to the end user any amount, but you need to pay
necessary copyright fee to the publisher or the Copyright Clearance Centre,
for that many articles / chapters.
Sometimes that works out to the same cost (or more) than the original!
If there is a demand, then the library needs to buy as many copies as
needed - not make copies. Digital copies for storage on an intranet - again
you need permission from the publisher - and they WILL charge a fee for the
same (the way you pay for consortia access)
I have put up a small guide to copyright in our QMed website at
http://www.qmedin.com/qmeddocs/copyright.html
And have pointed out two useful resources there -
http://www.bl.uk/services/information/copyrightfaq.html
http://www.iiap.res.in/library/ambacopy.doc
Regards
Vasumathi Sriganesh
Director, QMed Services
A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road
Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India
Ph: 91-22-28229223 Fax: 91-22-28224358
Email: vasu@qmedin.com, Web: www.qmedin.com
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