When does a summary infringe on copyright?

From: Chad C <chadcriswell[_at_]gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:15:50 -0500

I am in the process of creating a site for music educators. I have already included my own writings as well as writings from other established music educators. Now I want to go a bit farther and provide very brief references to printed articles in music education journals that are not available online. What I would like to know is when and under what circumstances could doing this get me into trouble?

Would it make a difference if I was linking to an article on another site instead of referencing a print article?

What I have in mind is something similar to this:

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Performing Arts Medicine and Music Education: What Do We Really Need To Know?
*Author: * Valerie Trollinger
*Source: * Music Educator's Journal - November 2005, pg 42-47

Summary: Dealing with and avoiding physical injuries associated with instrumental and voice pedagogy as well as using this knowledge to better teach students how to play and sing correctly.

*Section Headings:*

Music Teaching, Physical Education, and Muscles Special Concerns about the Voice
Concerns for Instrumentalists
What Can a Music Teacher Do?
Notes

*Insets:*

Performing Arts Medicine Resources
MENC Resources

*With footnotes

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Could doing this get me in trouble with the copyright holder? Also, in general who holds the copyright for articles printed in a journal such as this? If I wanted to contact the individual authors and ask for their permission to print the entire article on my site would they be able to grant me such permission or does the journal retain copyright to the article that someone else wrote?

My sincere thanks,
Chad Criswell
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Received on Wed Nov 23 2005 - 02:15:50 GMT