There are no copyright issues in just providing a link. A URL is a fact, and there is no copyright in individual facts.
Charles
Professor Charles Oppenheim
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Loughborough University
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Subject: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Copyright Issues In Cataloging Free/Open Access PDF Publications / Resources?
Colleagues/
Are you aware of any/all Copyright-related issues relating to the _Cataloging_
of Internet/Web-based electronic publications by a library such that the catalog record includes a link to the resource?
Yes. It's a common/long-standing practice (MARC 21 / Field 856)
[ http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd856.html
<http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd856.html> ], but a colleague has mentioned that this practice is/may be in violation of U.S.
copyright (News To Me [?]).
>>Even IF there is law, would not The Fair Use Doctrine trump *Any*
restriction?<<
I am particularly interested in any copyright issues related to the cataloging of the PDF version of a copyrighted publication.
Thanks!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
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