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DawnFalcon · 11-12-2009, 07:39 PM

Well, the amount of material which is fair use for copying is well-defined in UK law, and is quite restrictive. Librarians can and do check, as well (they have a duty to) when you photocopy in libraries.

It's an old and settled argument here and disabled access is considered a different issue.

To explain why I feel strongly on this by the way: I'm mildly dyslexic and why it dosn't affect my reading (and my typing is better than most people's), I can understand how it can affect people and when I was at University I used the "disability center" (no need to queue for PC's in the University library) and aquired a number of blind and severely dyslexic friends.

11-12-2009, 07:39 PM	#66
DawnFalcon Banned Posts: 2,094 Karma: 2682 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: N/A	Well, the amount of material which is fair use for copying is well-defined in UK law, and is quite restrictive. Librarians can and do check, as well (they have a duty to) when you photocopy in libraries. It's an old and settled argument here and disabled access is considered a different issue. To explain why I feel strongly on this by the way: I'm mildly dyslexic and why it dosn't affect my reading (and my typing is better than most people's), I can understand how it can affect people and when I was at University I used the "disability center" (no need to queue for PC's in the University library) and aquired a number of blind and severely dyslexic friends. Last edited by DawnFalcon; 11-12-2009 at 07:47 PM.