Digital BW, The Print

Presumably this conversation so far is about (I assume) one of the varieties
of US copyright law.

Remember that in European law things have recently changed. In the UK (and,
I assume, other European countries - given that this is driven by the EU)
the concept of "fair use" has been heavily altered. You cannot now, for
example, make a copy of a work for research purposes if there is any
commercial motive whatsoever.

So, in this case, academic study would be OK, but study by a university in a
project that may ultimately give rise to a spin-off company or commercial
service would not (at least without clearance).

For those of us working in research this a complete PITA.

Julian

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Because, UNLESS the copyright is registered, one must show actual
damages..  So, you may have infringement but no $$ with a case that has
no registered rights..

There is also the important question for written works of the proportion
or percentage of a work copied, even if it qualifies as "fair use"..

For a professor,  to copy say two lines from a book would be protected,
to copy several pages from a book would likely be ok, to copy the entire
book and hand it out to students (even for educational purposes) is a
clear infringement..  See the Kinko's case.

Go read my comments to Paul on "Fair use of images." Ersnt, is probably
ok in his translations and postings here as long as he does not
translate and post the majority of the article...  This list is
primarily educational and commentary oriented.  Only the YAHOO!
component is commercial. Issues of how the end-user uses the information
are unimportant BTW.



Keith Krebs