Would the library be responsible if a student uses library recording devices available in the listening labs to copy commercial audiotapes?
Section 108(f) protects the library from liability for unsupervised copying so long as the library places a warning by its machines capable of duplication about the possible application of copyright law to the copying. This exemption applies to all kinds of duplication: photocopying, recording, computer duplication. The students are probably exempt from liability under the Audio Home Recording Act, 17 U.S.C. 1008, so long as the duplication is not for profit.
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