Re: Song lyrics used in printed concert programs

On 2/6/06, Teresa Dulberg <teresa.dulberg[_at_]csueastbay.edu> wrote:

>

As Mr. Carroll explained, there is no safe percentage that people on rely on for the purpose of fair use. From the mathematical perspective, there is a good reason for not relying on percentage. The percentage may look small but the amount of content covered by percentage may be too large that does not seem to satisfy the reasonable fairness. 1% may look very small but if it is applied to a textbook that has 500 pages, it could cover 5 consecutive pages. It could be permissible in a classroom setting but it could not be permissible in any commercial settings. If 1% is divided into 100 parts where each part is 0.01% and 100 parts are spread over the textbook, it could reach the permissible level in a commercial setting. Fair use is very sensitive to context where it occurs.

> Any comments or advice would be appreciated...I need to get this to print
> by Friday.

Seeing that you are pressed for time, I thought I could try googling on the key words as a curiosity:

     California State University East Bay "fair use"

After checking several web pages, this seems to be the best one:

     http://www.library.csuhayward.edu/staff/asoules/copyright_learn_more.htm

You may want to check with Aline Soules to see if she can get you in touch with other people who are expert in fair use. They have one great advantage that we don't have. They are able to see the lyrics and printed programs to help them analyze the factors of fair use.

It is worth a try. Maybe, you will succeed. Maybe not. The library is only third building down from your building. :-)

Good luck.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>

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Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Wed Feb 08 2006 - 00:20:00 GMT