About the American
Buddha Online Library
In year 2000, American Buddha,
an Oregon religious nonprofit corporation, established the American
Buddha Online Library (ABOL) archive. ABOL seeks to make available
selected artistic and literary works under a system of voluntary, free
online lending, under the fair use exclusion from copyright liability
accorded to libraries and archives pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 108.
ABOL educates members as to the meaning of lawful fair use of
copyrighted materials, and imposes contractual and technical limitations
on access to the archive. Just as you are not allowed to grab a book off
the shelf in a library, take it to a copying machine, and sell copies of
the book, you must not make infringing use of works in the ABOL
collection. Accordingly, the following notice is provided to ABOL users,
which is the same notice you would see on a placard in a library
copying-center.
Notice Under 37 C.F.R.
201.14
The copyright law of the United
States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies
or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions
specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a
photocopy or other reproduction.
One of these specific
conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for
any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.'' If a
user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for
purposes in excess of "fair use,'' that user may be liable for copyright
infringement.
This institution reserves the
right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment,
fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Proper Attribution Is An
Element of Fair Use
When you cite to works in the
ABOL collection for scholarly purposes, please make use of the copyright
information that is provided to give proper credit to the original
authors and artists. Claiming credit for the work of other authors is
plagiarism, which can expose the plagiarist to serious criticism in
academic circles.
Join ABOL To Receive
Occasional Updates
You have to give us an email
address to access the ABOL collection. Occasionally, we will send you an
email, but never, never, never for a commercial purpose.