Hi, Under current U.S. Copyright, a copyright notice is no longer required for a work to be covered under U.S. Copyright law. If the book was published in the United States, it would also be covered in Canada under the provisions of international treaties. My personal opinion is that three pages of anything copyrighted would be excessive. In the U.S. such usage would come under the principle of "fair use" which allows "limited" copying. Three pages would seem to be more than "limited." I have a page on "fair use" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/copyright9.htm part of my copyright site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/copyright1.htm Mike Goad (disclaimer: This message is personal opinion only. Nothing in this message should be construed as legal advice as I am not a lawyer. For legal advice, consult appropriate legal counsel. ) At 10:01 AM 1/16/00 -0800, Andrea Vogel wrote: >Hi -- this is my first post to the list as I just joined. Great to have this >resource as copyright topics always seem to be popping up. > Question -- how much of a published book is it permissable to quote on a >mail list? For example, is it permitted to post an entire (3 and a half >page) index from the book? This book was published 1985 by Collins in >England. It concerns genealogical research. I notice that is does not have >the copyright statement at the front, you know the one -- starts like this >"All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, etc. >etc..." > Any info gratefully received. Andrea (western Canada) > > >==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== >Check out the new communities at RootsWeb >http://www.communities.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi