Managing Copyright Risk: A Balancing Act

The Library Journal Academic Newswire expressed concern that “charged discussions over the use of electronic content have placed universities in a tenuous position: go too far and get sued, don’t push and you limit the academic mission.” In the same piece, Georgia Harper advises caution, “…as a general counsel of a university, the mission is to advise your client of the reality of the risks, and it’s not looking good for that principle [multiple copies for classroom use].”