This requirement comes not from the copyright office, but straight from the 17 USC 108: "(e) The rights of reproduction and distribution...made from the collec

This requirement comes not from the copyright office, but straight from the 17 USC 108: "(e) The rights of reproduction and distribution...made from the collection of a library or archives where the user makes his or her request or from that of another library or archives, if the library or archives has first determined, on the basis of a reasonable investigation, that a copy or phonorecord of the copyrighted work cannot be obtained at a fair price, if- "(1) the copy or phonorecord becomes the property of the user, and the library or archives has had no notice that the copy or phonorecord would be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research; and "(2) the library or archives displays prominently, at the place where orders are accepted, and includes on its order form, a warning of copyright in accordance with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation." The author's issue is primarily with the inconsistency of the law itself.