The photocopying practices of the National Institute of Health were upheld in this decision. The suit charged that the libraries had violated the company’s copyright by duplicating for interlibrary loan articles from journals published by Williams & Wilkins. The case was settled by a split decision of the Supreme Court upholding the appeals court verdict that found for the government.

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