HDCP break and DMCA

[F. Marc de Piolenc]

Tim May wrote:

> Answer: they do! Go to any large copying center near a university and
> look for "professor packs" or "HistCon 101 Course Materials" consisting
> of copied material out of various textbooks, hard and soft. The deal is
> that the student takes the professor pack over to a copy machine and
> runs off a copy of each of the, for example, 400 pages. The student pays
> $20 or so and saves himself having to buy 10 books to read one or two
> chapters or sections out of each. The students are happy, the copy shop
> is happy, the professor is happy, and only the publishers and authors
> are unhappy.
> 
> This was very common here in Santa Cruz, as recently as several years
> ago when I was doing a lot of copying of my own papers.
> 
> There were signs up about not violating copyright law, but these
> professor packs were in clear violation.

Really? Sounds to me like they fall under "Fair Use." That provision
specifically exempts copying for research or education.

Marc de Piolenc