The Section 108 Study Group

摘要

In mid-2006, we will see the results of an extensive study on section 108 on library exceptions. Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act allows libraries and archives to freely make certain uses of copyright-protected materials for such things as preservation, replacement, and patron access. Section 108 was initially introduced in the Copyright Act of 1976, amended in 1998 by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Copyright Term Extension Act, and in 2005 by the Preservation of Orphan Works Act.