As your objections in the 2nd paragraph illustrate, it is not clear that
everyone agrees.
-brewster
At 12:08 PM 3/2/98 -0500, James Gleick wrote:
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>On Sunday, March 01, 1998 1:01 PM, Brewster Kahle [SMTP:]
>wrote:
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>> * treat nonprint products like print publications in terms of roles
>> libraries and archives: use copyright law, perserve fair use, allowance
>to
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>Not quite possible, unfortunately. Where libraries are concerned, a
>delicate balance was maintained in the era of printed books. If a library
>bought one copy of a book, only one person at a time (approximately) could
>borrow it, and the process was slow. Maybe tens of people per year. A
>digital library or archive that could lend one of my books to millions of
>people daily would upset the balance, to put it mildly. It would have
>become a publisher. You might as well just say that authors should not be
>compensated for their work.
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>I don't even think it's clear that you should be archiving copyrighted
>material. Let's say I make some articles available on my Web site but wish
>to maintain my ownership and control of the copyright. Shouldn't I be able
>to edit, correct, and even withdraw an article from free circulation? I
>might not be comfortable with your copying and in effect publishing such
>texts.
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>James Gleick
>http://www.around.com
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