Example 2
Mary is on a listserv and receives an e-mail message about the insurance bad faith article. The message has a link to the article, which the author posted on the Web.
- Comment: Mary should not download the article and send digital copies to professors, attorneys, or insurance agents. She should instead send an e-mail message that includes the link to the article.
Example 3
Mary presents continuing education workshops for several different library and education associations each year. She wants to give every attendee a packet of materials that includes several copyrighted articles.
- Comment: This looks and smells like related copying and distribution of multiple copies of the same material at one time (for a specific workshop) and over a period of time (the different workshops). It is precisely what subsection (g)(1) proscribes, and Mary needs to get permission from the copyright owners.
Systematic Copying or Distribution (Section 108(g)(2))
Section 108(g)(2) is a bit different from (g)(1). Subsection (g)(1) addresses related and concerted copying of the same copyrighted work. Subsection (g)(2) paints with a broader brush. It prohibits the systematic making of multiple copies, and in some cases even single copies, of articles or short excerpts from the same publication. Here is the precise language.
