The U.S. Copyright Office requires libraries to lie about fair use rights
The headline/interpretation seems incorrect.<p>Copying for "private study, scholarship, or research" <i>specifically by libraries</i> is permitted by §108 [1], while fair use is permitted by §107 [2]. These are separate concepts.<p>Libraries are not intended for photocopying of materials for all possible fair use cases; they're only intended for "private study, scholarship, or research" purposes.<p>So the sign correctly indicates what's allowed per <i>library</i> policy; it also correctly indicates you have <i>additional</i> rights per <i>fair use</i> policy and warns not to go beyond <i>those</i>.<p>(A good example is that a teacher can use a <i>private/school</i> photocopier to make 30 copies of material for classroom use according to fair use; but you're not allowed to use the <i>library</i> photocopier to make more than 1 copy of anything.)<p>[1] <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107</a>