As of 1998 and the DMCA or is it DMCL (how soon we forget:>) there is NO MENTION of FAIR USE and it is yet to be established by the courts. I just finished taking a copyright law class and you would think that I would remember the specifics but I do have then on file. While it has been stated that it was the intent to do away with FAIR USE, it has in essence been done away with until it is re-established in the courts. I had always bees told that if the copyright holder lost a sale because of the use, it was not FAIR USE. Who knows anymore. I just know that I am being very careful. ~JoanB Mike and Karen Goad wrote: > > > actually I thought short and attributed quotes were considered "fair use" - > > > >Carol C-H <[email protected]> > > The Australian equivalent of "fair use" is 10% of the work. Ours in the > U.S. is not so specific. > > Check out the actual wording of the U.S. law: > > 17 USC Sec. 107 Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use > > ... the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction > in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, > for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching > (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is > not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a > work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered > shall include - > (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of > a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; > (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; > (3) the 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 The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair > use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/code.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/copyright9.htm fair use > > Mike > > ==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Check out the new communities at RootsWeb > http://www.communities.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/