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 sustaining to the fullest extent feasible. Widespread copying of NTIS publication's is especially prevalent in foreign nations. In Japan it is reported that NTIS reproductions are sold having a value of $3,000,000 annually. A United Kingdom copier sells nearly twice as many copies of NTIS publications as NTIS does directly to the U.K. The USSR buys substantial volume of NITS publications from European copiers for further copying in the USSR. The lack of copyright protection in NTIS publications also results in widespread foreign use of U.S. tax-funded research and development without any return to the U.S. U.S. organizations also sell NTIS publications to foreign buyers without recouping for the taxpayer, as represented by NTIS, monies adequately reflecting the value of the scientific, engineering, and technical information contained therein.

Senate bill

The Senate bill, in section 107, embodied express statutory recognition of the judicial doctrine that the fair use of a copyrighted work is not an infringement of copyright. It set forth the fair use doctrine, including four criteria for determining its applicability in particular cases, in general terms.

House bill

The House bill amended section 107 in two respects: in the general statement of the fair use doctrine it added a specific reference to multiple copies for classroom use, and it amplified the statement of the first of the criteria to be used in judging fair use (the purpose and character of the use) by referring to the commercial nature or nonprofit educational purpose of the use.

Conference substitute

The conference substitute adopts the House amendments. The conferees accept as part of their understanding of fair use the Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-for-Profit Educational Institutions with respect to books and periodicals appearing at pp. 68-70 of the House Report (H. Rept. No. 94-1476, as corrected at p. H 10727 of the Congressional Record for September 21, 1976), and for educational uses of music appearing at pp. 70-71 of the House report, as amended in the statement appearing at p. H 10875 of the Congressional Record of September 22, 1976. The conferees also endorse the statement concerning the meaning of the word "teacher" in the guidelines for books and periodicals, and the application of fair use in the case of use of television programs within the confines of a nonprofit educational institution for the deaf and hearing impaired, both of which appear on p. H 10875 of the Congressional Record of September 22, 1976.

Senate bill

Section 108 of the Senate bill dealt with a variety of situations involving photocopying and other forms of reproduction by libraries and archives. It specified the conditions under which single copies