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Every so often, a disturbing case of left-wing closed-mindedness has surfaced on Harvard's campus. Last fall, a Quincy House resident stole copies of the ultraconservative Peninsula from doorsteps and distribution areas. One resident. Last fall, a Kinko's employee refused to photocopy AALARM's anti-abortion posters. One employee. Both incidents demonstrated an arrogant, hypo-critical, tactically misguided inclination to stifle opposing voices. But they were isolated incidents. They were condemned by conservatives and liberals alike. Copies of Peninsula were hastily redistributed, and Kinko's apologized. And we all went on with our lives, none the worse...
...District Court decision handed down last Thursday against the Kinko's Graphics Corporation now tightens the regulations governing commercial reproduction of copyrighted materials for classroom...
Under the new ruling, copy centers like Kinko's must contact all copyright holders before making their works available in source-books and packets...
...suit, Basic Books v. Kinko's Graphics Corporation, was filed by eight textbook publishers in 1989 to clarify the Fair Use clause of the 1976 Copyright Act. Prior to this ruling, commercial establishments only had to receive permission to reprint those materials that were not covered under the Fair Use clause. The district court's reinterpretation of the clause requires approval for all copyrighted materials...
According to Adrianna Foss, Kinko's corporate communications director, Kinko's Copy Centers across the country are already complying with the ruling and will still be providing course packets...