> This comes up a lot at work. The "fair use" concept seems to allow an > individual to make a single copy of a copyrighted book page (map, > chart, > etc.) *which he/she owns,* for his/her OWN USE (not for resale or the > use of others -- no multiples). > > Seems to me this would allow me to take my NOAA chart, which I paid [Sisler, Clyde] I'm not sure NOAA charts are copyrighted although they may be. There are companies (http://tidesend.com/) that sell full and 2/3 size black and white copies on NOAA charts at a steep discount. The Better Boating Association sells chart kits that are shrunken reproductions of NOAA charts for whole geographical areas (Rhode Island to Canada, most of the east and west coast, Alaska and the Carrabean). If they were copyrighted, wouldn't it say so on each chart? I believe the Canadian charts, on the other hand, are copyrighted. It says so on their web site and I haven't seen any chart kits for their waters. I've been looking for kits for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, etc for some time. Us poor people can't afford to buy an entire set of charts :-(. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 12 1998 - 06:13:06 PDT
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