ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries Publishers Settle Suit with Copy Service Seven publishers and a campus copying company have settled a copyright infringement case filed by the publishers in federal district court. The suit alleged that the Gnomon Corporation, which operates photocopy services near four college campuses, had been reproducing copyrighted mate­ rials from books and periodicals without permission. The settlem ent agreem ent, signed by a judge of the federal district court in Bridgeport, Connecticut, prohibits Gnomon from making more than one copy of a published work for the same person or group except under the follow­ ing conditions: (1) Gnomon or the person requesting copies must obtain permission from the copyright owner; (2) a teacher at a nonprofit educational institution may request copies by certifying that the request complies with the March 19, 1976 “Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-for-Profit Educational Institutions with Re­ spect to Books and Periodicals.” (The Guidelines are part of the legislative history of the Copyright Act of 1976.) The agreement requires Gnomon to keep records of writ­ ten permissions and certifications and allows the publishers access to Gnomon’s business premises to inspect the per­ missions and certifications for compliance. The American Association of Publishers, which supported the suit by the seven publishers, announced following the settlement that it would now step up efforts to monitor activities of other commercial copiers, the in-house photo­ copying done by large for-profit corporations, and the prac­ tices of not-for-profit institutions. The publishers association said in a statem ent that if voluntary compliance by commercial copiers offering ser­ vices similar to Gnomon’s were not forthcoming, “it can be expected that additional lawsuits will be commenced.” What about libraries? The AAP says it “expects that simi­ lar infringing photocopying activities by not-for-profit in­ stitutions will voluntarily be brought within legal bounds. In this regard, AAP has been gratified by the response from many representatives of the university community who have announced their disapproval of practices such as Gnomon’s and the desire of their institutions to act within proper legal limits. 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The seven publishers that brought the suit were Basic-Books— Harper & Row; CBS, Inc.— Holt, Rinehart & Winston; McGraw-Hill; Nelson-Hall; Prentice-Hall; Princeton University Press; and John Wiley & Sons. ■■ ACRL RECEPTION IN NEW YORK The ACRL reception at the New York Confer­ ence will be held at Low Rotunda, Columbia University, on Tuesday July 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The reception will follow the ACRL mem­ bership and program meetings (2:00 to 5:30 p.m.) in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. What is the best way to travel from the Wal­ dorf-Astoria to the Columbia campus? Your best bet may be to share a taxi. New York cabs charge only for the ride, not for extra passengers. If you can squeeze three or four passengers into your cab, you may be able to keep your share of the fare under $2. Have the cab take you to one of the main Col­ umbia University gates—either at Broadway and 116th Street or at Amsterdam and 116th Street. On the Columbia campus, 116th Street becomes College Walk. 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