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Date:      Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:40:16 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
Cc:        Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boston Globe Article (fwd)
Message-ID:  <3C193C60.53E5E99D@mindspring.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112131403540.6058-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <6eg06ebtbe.06e@localhost.localdomain>

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"Gary W. Swearingen" wrote:

[ ... ]

Not to take you to task, but you don't know who you are criticising
about the finer points of copyright law, do you?

	UNITED STATES CODE
	TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS
	CHAPTER 1 - SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT
	Sec. 107. Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Fair Use

	Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A,
	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	    unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use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. 


I count 4 of the 6 statutorily permitted uses in her original posting.

-- Terry

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