Might I suggest reading about Fair Use--that is, the Conference on Fair Use
(CONFU)? It is rather enlightening. "Certain areas of fair use are a bit
murky". Hmmm. By the statements and legal positions of the publishing industry
and other IP holders, there is nothing "murky" about them. To IP owners
(particularly the associations with the legal muscle to enforce their will,
such as the RIAA, etc.), there is, more or less, no fair use whatsoever.
ANYONE can be sued; however, most won't go after you unless you have some
pretty deep pockets.
Richard Myers, J.D.
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>I have been tempted a few times to respond to mass distribution of full-text
>articles via this listserv, which I find shocking considering we are
>librarians and charged with being familiar with and upholding copyright law.
>While certain areas of fair use are a bit murky, I think it's pretty clear
>that posting any copyrighted material (without publisher permission)to a
>list such as ARLIS-L is not fair use.
>
>I hope we can get back into the pre-full-text habit of summarizing the
>content of articles of interest and citing them appropriately so that anyone
>who wants to follow up can do so--through their own licensed databases,
>print subscriptions, or even Interlibrary Loan.
>
>Tom Riedel
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