Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 22:48:20 +0100
From: Christopher Schneider <christopher.schneider@GBPUB.COM>
Subject: Gordon and Breach journals / copyright q

Following is further clarification of the copyright policies for
subscription rates of Gordon and Breach journals for academic library
subscribers in Europe, North America, and Australia.   We will be exhibiting
at ALA Midwinter, Booth#551.
We look forward to answering any other questions you have regarding this
matter.

The Subscription Rate Explanation table that appeared in the Price List
distributed by IPD (Distributor for Gordon and Breach journals) contains two
items that are to be corrected.  First, the reference to Swiss Law and
Zurich Chamber of Commerce should not have been included and is fully
retracted.  The law that will govern a subscriber's right to make copies
will be the law of the country in which the copies were made.
Second, interlibrary lending under the Base Rate and Photocopy License Rate
is permitted as governed by copyright law.   This is an important
clarification, and it is with our apologies that this has caused so much
confusion.

There are three rates for academic libraries:

Photocopy License
The License Rate is the rate that appears in the IPD Price List.  The
License, which is 10% of the Base rate, permits the subscriber to make
multiple photocopies of single articles for the internal research or study
purposes of the subscriber in excess of the number of copies allowed under
applicable law.
The key point about the license is that the subscriber does not have to
report this copying to the publisher or any reporting agency.  Academic
libraries may have this fee waived by returning to the publisher a waiver
form that is supplied on request.
The License fee will be deducted, and this deduction will be reflected in
the invoice to the library or its agent.  This is the Base Rate.

Base Rate
Without the License, the subscriber is at the Base Rate.  The only
restriction of the Base Rate is the copyright law under which the subscriber
operates.

Network Rate
The Network Rate is for those subscribers that are engaged in commercial
document delivery and whose primary use of the journal is for document
delivery to third parties.  This Rate is 3 to 6 times the License Rate, but
it allows high-volume re-sale of one or more photocopies of single articles
to third parties.    Most subscribers were not even offered this rate.

We hope that this clarifies the issue for you, but we welcome any further
questions you may have.  These rates were instituted  with the intention of
offering greater usage allowances to the subscriber than is allowed by
copyright law, yet retaining a form of compensation to the publisher for use
that exceeds normal copyright law.  The Photocopy License and Network Rate
also allow both the subscriber and publisher to forego the administrative
tasks inherent in monitoring the use of the material and the processing of
royalty statements.

Thank you,

Chris Schneider <Christopher.Schneider@gbpub.com>
Ph: 201 643-7500 Ext 215
Fx: 201 643-7676