not 50 years but after 60years. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Vasumathi Sriganesh wrote:

You cannot make copies / CDs.

If you need more copies you need to buy them. These are very basic copyright laws. To make copies of books there are special exceptions relating to out of print books / those that have crossed the 50 year period after the death of an author etc.

Vasumathi Sriganesh CEO, QMed Knowledge Foundation Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Web: www.qmedkf.org.in Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in

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To: Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:06 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Can we scan a book and make CD for students ?

Dear Professionals.

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If we have such good reference books, or such books which are used frequently, can we scan all these book and make cd for students circulation ? Is there any copyright act implies for this work ?

please reply with copyright act reference.

Thanking you,

Tejas Shah Librarian VVP Engineering College Rajkot M:09428200521

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