[ubuntu-uk] Anyone buy Linux Format magazine?

[Mark Harrison]

Tony Arnold wrote:
> The copyright act 1988 section 29 permits copying of a reasonable number
> of pages from a magazine (I think this is what is meant by the words
> 'fair dealing' used in the act) for private study or research.
>
>   
That's a damn good point.

Sorry, I'm used to people asking for technical information for 
work-related purposes (which was allowed in the 1988 Act you quote, but 
then changed in the 2003 Regulations.)

I'd forgotten about the exemption for genuine "private study".

It's worth noting that what constitutes "a reasonable proportion" of a 
work isn't actually defined - though many Universities interpret that to 
mean "a single article from a magazine".


> The complete act can be found at
> http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/ukpga_19880048_en_1
>
>   
Good link - thanks. Back in the days when I was at University, I 
actually had to pay for my copy of the Computer Misuse Act :-)
> Regards,
> Tony.
>   
Mark