Thanks, Bob--chuckle. G.Cindy --- Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Cindy, I have forwarded your message to my lawyer, > and should have a > response and a bill in six weeks which I will > forward to you. > > <lol> > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 6:22 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Quoting synopses from > other sources > > > > There was quite a discussion about this a while > ago. I > > read the copyright law, i.e., the part that > pertains > > to this question, and it seems to me that as long > as > > only a few sentences are taken and the source > quoted, > > and the quote put in quotation marks, there's no > > problem. > > > > I just checked again, and I interpret the > following to > > mean that if we just take a few sentences or even > a > > short paragraph we're o.k. > > http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html > > > > We're using it for "nonprofit educational > purposes" > > we're not adversely affecting the potential marked > > value of the oopyrighted work--in fact, quite the > > contrary. And we're "quoting excerpts in a > review.." > > (sort of. smile > > > > > > "Although fair use was not mentioned in the > previous > > copyright law, the doctrine has developed through > a > > substantial number of court decisions over the > years. > > This doctrine has been codified in section 107 of > the > > copyright law. > > > > Section 107 contains a list of the various > purposes > > for which the reproduction of a particular work > may be > > considered �?ofair,�?� such as criticism, comment, > > news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and > research. > > Section 107 also sets out four factors to be > > considered in determining whether or not a > particular > > use is fair: > > > > 1. > > > > the purpose and character of the use, > including > > whether such use is of commercial nature or is for > > nonprofit educational purposes; > > 2. > > > > the nature of the copyrighted work; > > 3. > > > > amount and substantiality of the portion used > in > > relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and > > 4. the effect of the use upon the potential > market > > for or value of the copyrighted work. > > > > The distinction between �?ofair use�?� and > > infringement may be unclear and not easily > defined. > > There is no specific number of words, lines, or > notes > > that may safely be taken without permission. > > Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted > material > > does not substitute for obtaining permission. > > > > The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on > the > > General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites > > examples of activities that courts have regarded > as > > fair use: �?oquotation of excerpts in a review or > > criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; > > quotation of short passages in a scholarly or > > technical work, for illustration or clarification > of > > the author's observations; use in a parody of some > of > > the content of the work parodied; summary of an > > address or article, with brief quotations, in a > news > > report; reproduction by a library of a portion of > a > > work to replace part of a damaged copy; > reproduction > > by a teacher or student of a small part of a work > to > > illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in > > legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; > > incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a > newsreel > > or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an > > event being reported.�?� > > > > G.Cindy > > > > > >> > > > > ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE > BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS > > AVAILABLE AT > > > http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm > > http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ > > > http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm > > > > A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS > AVAILABLE AT > > > http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html > > > > Jake's site for useful links: > http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! 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