RE: Multiple copies of play (drama) scripts on Reserve

["Croft, Janet B." <jbcroft@xxxxxx>]

Since you say "multiple copies" I have to assume this is physical reserves,
not electronic. And if these are all original physical volumes that the
library or faculty member legally owns, then there's no reason you can't put
as many as you want on reserve in as many locations on campus as you want.
(For example, during a one-campus-one-book program recently, we purchased and
placed on reserve about 25 copies of one book. Our textbooks-on-reserve
program includes multiple copies of the same textbook in multiple branches.)

Now if you are talking about photocopies of one original item, that's
different and you get into needing permission.  But why bother with that?
Students can make their own photocopies of the original, and that's out of our
hands.

(It sounds like this professor is expecting students to get together and do
group readings in different libraries -- hope he's talked to someone about
group study rooms!)

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-----Original Message-----
From: McGill, Jeffrey [mailto:mcgillj@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:16 AM
To: Melinda Townsel; Harper, Georgia K; digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Multiple copies of play (drama) scripts on Reserve

Melissa,

I am curious about this as well...

I am with you on obtaining permission for using the piece for more than one
semester, but can you even put an entire play script on reserve and call it
"fair use"? That's not the same as an article from a magazine, which would be
considered a portion of a work. The script is the entire work.

I will be waiting to hear answers on this too.

Jeff McGill
Media Coordinator
C.G. O'Kelly Library
Winston-Salem State University

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From: Melinda Townsel [mailto:mtownsel@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Fri 7/24/2009 9:43 AM
To: 'Harper, Georgia K'; digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Multiple copies of play (drama) scripts on Reserve



Hi Georgia,

You've always answered my questions before.  I hope you don't mind helping
me again.  I posted this question to digital-copyright but didn't get an
answer.

An instructor wants to place multiple copies of play (drama) scripts on
reserve and wants to place all scripts on reserve prior to the beginning of
the fall semester and keep them on reserve until the end of the spring
semester. He would also like to place multiple copies of the scripts on
Reserve at different campus locations.

I think he needs to obtain copyright permission to place to put a one copy
on Reserve form more than a semester.  I don't think Fair Use covers
multiple copies at different locations. Do you?

I am copying the list just in case someone will reply.

Thanks in advance,

Melinda