I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M
 
                                        Date:     28-Jan-1992 08:26am EST
                                        From:     Corinne H. Smith
                                                  CHSMITH
                                        Dept:     Audio Visual Services
                                        Tel No:   (814) 863-3104
 
TO:  VMSMail User _IN%"SCREEN-L           ( _IN%"[log in to unmask]" )
 
CC:  _UA1VM.BITNET"::Corinne Smith <[log in to unmask]>
CC:  _UA1VM.BITNET":: Will Covington <[log in to unmask]>
 
Subject: RE: VCRs and copyright...
 
Our interpretation of the current copyright laws concerning
off-air taping is this:  almost anything is OK as long as it
is for your own home use.  If you intend to lend your tapes
to friends or to use the tapes in the classroom, that's another
matter.  You're not really permitted to lend your recorded-off-air
tapes to other people.  And there are quite definite regulations
about how long you can keep such tapes and use them in the
classroom.
 
If anyone is interested in the classroom use rules, I can
list them here.
 
Corinne
Penn State
 
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