J films on video w/ E subtitles

David Blair blair
Tue Sep 17 15:32:15 EDT 2002


my apologies... fatigue... that was an incomplete read on my part, followed
by an overcomplete description.

At 11:24 AM 9/17/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>> I don't believe this is true at all in the US
>> especially outside of the home. 
>> I would need to see the specific law.
>
>Dennis is right:  The three-copy library/archive provision is only for
>replacement copies in the cases of "damaged, deteriorating, lost, or stolen,
>or if the existing format in which the work is stored has become obsolete." 
>It doesn't allow libraries to make copies of a currently available DVD or
CD. 
>(And since this is provided in the legislation it's not a fair use copy
>because fair use is not involved.)  See Title 17, Chapter 1, Section
108(c).  
>




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