[ILL-L] copyright charges for recent Internet finds

[Paul Drake]

I use the Internet to verify borrowing article citations, and I find about the full text for about 12% of the requests. We then supply that copy to the patron - we use publisher, author, or internet as the lender.

I am working with the assumption that these count towards our fair use(5/5 rule), and if we exceed 5, we need to pay.

Is this premise accurate?

I could just supply the link to the patron, but I would need to "cancel" the request so not tally for copyright.  

We paid over $1,000 for 2008 copyright fees. In light of zero budget, I'd like to limit any copyright payments while not limiting service.


Thanks for any comments/advice.


Paul

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