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Testimony ended this week in a civil suit brought by eight publishing companies against Kinko's Graphics Corporation for infringement of copyright laws...
...suit, filed last April in the Manhattan federal district court, is the first such case involving a copying company ever to come to trial. The plaintiffs charge that two New York City Kinko's shops failed several times to obtain permission from publishers before printing college sourcebooks which contained copyrighted material...
...Platt said that while Kinko's is the only copying company that is currently being sued, the recent charges also represent a broader attempt to crack down on the problem of illegal copying...
...Kurt Koenig, Kinko's copyright counsel, said in an interview this week that the company did not need permission to copy the materials because of several provisions in the Fair Use Clause of the Federal Copyright Law of 1976. That clause specifies certain conditions when royalties need not be paid for copyrighted material...
...Adrianna K. Foss, a spokesperson for Kinko's, said that if the plaintiffs convince the court of the validity of their interpretation of the copyright law, "there is a danger that students will not have access to up-to-date materials...