, or
similar adjuncts to works of which copies are reproduced or distributed
in accordance with subsections (d) and (e).
2. Excerpts From Senate Report on Section 108
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The following excerpts are reprinted from the 1975 Senate Report on
the new copyright law (S. Rep. No. 94-473, pages 67-71). Where the
discussions of particular points are generally similar in the two
Reports, the passages from the later House Report are reprinted in
this booklet. Where the discussion of particular points is
substantially different, passages from both Reports are reprinted.
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a. Senate Report: Discussion of Libraries and Archives in Profit-Making
Institutions
The limitation of section 108 to reproduction and distribution by
libraries and archives "without any purpose of direct or indirect
commercial advantage" is intended to preclude a library or archives in a
profit-making organization from providing photocopies of copyrighted
materials to employees engaged in furtherance of the organization's
commercial enterprise, unless such copying qualifies as a fair use, or
the organization has obtained the necessary copyright licenses. A
commercial organization should purchase the number of copies of a work
that it requires, or obtain the consent of the copyright owner to the
making of the photocopies.
b. Senate Report: Discussion of Multiple Copies and Systematic
Reproduction
*Multiple copies and systematic reproduction*
Subsection (g) provides that the rights granted by this section extend
only to the "isolated and unrelated reproduction of a single copy," but
this section does not authorize the related or concerted reproduction of
multiple copies of the same material whether made on one occasion or
over a period of time, and whether intended for aggregate use by one
individual or for separate use by the individual members of a group. For
example, if a college professor instructs his class to read an article
from a copyrighted journal, the school library would not be permitted,
under subsection (g), to reproduce copies of the article for the members
of the class.
Subsection (g) also provides that section 108 does not authorize the
systematic reproduction or distribution of copies or phonorecords of
articles or other contributions to copyrighted collections or
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