Scraped from BL site without permission but claiming fair use and public interest, and edited, into Arcturus

The terms in the British Library Direct (http://direct.bl.uk/bld/ViewTerms.do ) date at least from April 2005 so this DRM stuff has possibly gone on for most if not all of those 5 years. Here I quote selectively from the terms and conditions.

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Terms and Conditions of Use of British Library Direct

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Grant of Licence and Use of Data

You may print or download Content from the Service for your own personal use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

You may not:

1. engage in systematic retrieval of Content from the Service to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory without prior written permission from us;
   
2. add, copy, delete, display, distribute, modify, publish, reproduce, store, transmit, create derivative works from, or sell or license all or any part of the Content, products or services obtained from the Service in any medium to anyone, except as otherwise expressly permitted under applicable law or as described in these Terms and Conditions;
   
3. attempt to rectify, or permit any person other than us or our agents to rectify, any fault or inaccuracy in the Content
   
4. infringe or permit the infringement or otherwise prejudice the proprietary rights of us or the Rightsholders.
   

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Document Ordering

All documents are supplied under licences from Rightsholders or their agent(s). We will charge a publication-specific copyright fee as set by the Rightsholder or their agent on all documents supplied in whatever format.  Not all of the material in our collection is covered by such licences.  Details of the specific copyright fees and excluded titles are available at www.bl.uk/catalogues/serials.html. The copyright fee will be in addition to any service or delivery charges for the supply of the document. VAT will be charged where applicable.  We will not supply material in our collection that is not covered by a licence.

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Supply of Documents

The contents of documents supplied are copyright works. Unless you have the permission of the Rightsholder, the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd or another authorised licensing body, you may not copy, store in any electronic medium or otherwise reproduce or resell, any of the Content, even for internal purposes, except as may be allowed by applicable law unless the document was supplied by electronic delivery or immediate delivery in which case a single copy may be printed (which may itself not be further copied).

If the document was supplied by electronic delivery, it must be downloaded from our secure server within 14 days of us sending you a notification email. The document can be accessed only once. [PMR's emphasis]

Some documents supplied by electronic delivery and immediate delivery can be stored locally on a hard drive for up to 3 years from the time and date given on the email notification or downloading, others will expire sooner. In all instances only one printed copy may be made. After 3 years, or sooner for some documents, view and print permissions will expire and you will no longer be able to open the document.

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