Copy shops
still reeling
from ruling
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Associ.iie TiMor'
A lawsuit filed last spring against
Kinko s Copies helped define what c cm
stilutes legallv exempt "fair use" of
copyrighted materials but lias created a
fair mess this term lor local copy shops
Because of a change in interpretation
of the law, the two main suppliers of
photocopied material for University
classes campus kinko’s cm lath Ave
nue and Campus Copy in lire EMC
have dramatically changed the way tin \
do business.
And in some cases that means an in
crease in class packet prices foi stu
dents.
"This is the first quarter it lias been
different for us in 15 years," said Dave
Cibson, owner of c ampus Kinko’s
before the lawsuit, copiers could use
7 percent of a copyrighted work for edu
cational purposes under the "fair use"
doctrine without obtaining permission
from the author.
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Marge Genmonte, * clerk at Campus Copy Center, charges junior Chris Ball for his class packets A key legal ruling last spring
complicated the process of printing packets and has increased costs, frustration and line lengths
Ex-official: Gay rights used as smoke screen
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Associate Editor
Cay and lesbian rights have
been at the heart of controversy
over Springfield's Human
Rights Commission, hut that is
sue may lie obscuring a deeper
problem, a former commission
member said,
"The real issue here is fear,"
said Ron Sinucore, assistant di
rector of the University's Office
of Affirmative Action and
Equal Opportunity who was
voted off the commission 12
days after he was appointed.
"They feared that I would
professionalize and lend some
expertise to what had previous
ly been an organization of vol
unteers." ho said
The commission hud been
trying to develop a proactive
agenda for human rights in
Springfield
Sinacore said lie believes
Springfield City Council mem
bers Bruce Berg, Larry Sciianz
and Kalf Walters feared ttiat bis
presence on the commission
would speed this agenda's pro
gross tix) quietly
In an electronic mail message
sent through Springfield’s com
paler system on Aug (i. Schunz
wrote:
The HKC could really get
going now with its agenda to
indoctrinate the community
with its version of human rela
lions, multicultural diversity,
homosexual rights, etc Can
we make their activities suhjei t
to approval of the city council?
I would really like to put a
short chain on them "
Sinucore said the councilors'
fear is ironic because his ap
pointment was only temporary
He was to fill a vacancy for four
months, night meetings in nil
'In hold his own sn.it on thn
i ommission, thn iuum il would
have had to ro-upprove his up
pointmont in January
"(For only) eight mootings I
must havo boon onu scary char
actor," ho said "Maybo I
should bn flattered, but I'm
not."
Slnacoro said itorg, Schun/
and Walters applied a religious
test, not a gay rights test, in
their decision to vote him off
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Ron Sinacore
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Remember_
The University will today begin
charging S10 per cluss for dropped
cou rstis
Helping_
The Oregon Law Students' Public
Interest Fund, founded by University
law students, is helping puy for law
students to Intern in the low-paying
field of public interest law
See story, Page 5
Research_
The University's Riverfront Re
search Park is past environmental
and land-use delays, but tenants are
stdl lacking for the 67 acre site
See story, Page 6
Jerk_
T h e E rn era/ d ' s D a v e
Charbi .me,ni says Mike Ti son
should get some sympathy, but not
much.
See story. Page 16 j
University drops Coke over poor performance
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Associate Editor
Pepsi will repluce Coca-Cola in the
l-'MU and University Housing this week
due to poor service during the past year
from Coca-Cola, said Dennis Carr. KMIJ
food manager.
Amid student protests over Coca
Cola's ties to South Africa, the suit drink
company won exclusive rights last year
to distribute its products in University
fountain dispensers and vending ma
chines.
The Black Student Union and the
ASIJO, among others, advoi ated .1 tkiv
cott of the soft drinks
However, those protests were not a
factor in the decision to make a t Imnge,
Carr said
“Because of some very poor perfor
mance issues we suffered with Coke
over the last year, wo decided to ever
cise our option to have it rehid ov
summer." Carr said.
Several complaints from the KM
from University Housing wore n
with promptly, he said.
For example, fotxi service offi
us re
The University will replace Coke with Pepsi by next week in the f MU and Universi
ty h . i/ Poor service, not student boycotts, is tho reason cited
• U;.it locks tu- installed on m.i
..in’s m tiif KMU l ishtxiwl tu limit .11
s .liter i !using, but tin; company tool,
nn action for five months. Chirr said
Karly this vmir. ntpresentativi-s from
: KMi ...11 Housing d< cided to a s fur
new bids, based on a clause in tin; three
vi-.ir contract with ('nk« tft.it allows such
action it inadequate service is provided
Pepsi won the bidding during the sum
mer, and witii it, a new three year con
tract
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