This is for students at the U of Victoria, but I think it captures the essentials: http://web.uvic.ca/jepgen/permissions.pdf One thing it leaves out is that even a single line or two from a very small work like a song or a poem can be considered NOT "fair use" and require permission, except, I believe, in the context of a review. This is a major U.S. online guide, but I don't know if there are any significant differences with Canadian copyright law: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ Syd ____________________________________________ Syd Baumel - www.mts.net/~baumel | www.aquarianonline.com Globalize goodwill. Adopt the Simultaneous Policy - www.simpol.org. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Phillips" <proofreaders@xxxxxxx> To: <mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: [mea] Question on crediting sources | Hi, MEA members, | | I've just copy edited a fundraiser self-published book that quotes | frequently from other writers, poems and hymns. The organizer has asked | me what they have to do for crediting, footnoting, permissions, etc. of | these other sources. I have no expertise here, so I'm asking for your | advice. | | Regards, | Bev Phillips | (942-5453) | | |