Re: Re: Notice on unpublished excerpt

From: J. Noble <jfnbl[_at_]earthlink.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:20:45 -0500


At 12:15 PM -0500 2/28/06, Dodi Schultz wrote:
> >> The Heir cannot keep others from quoting from the excerpt (fair
> >> use).
>
>How could there be fair use for material in private hands?

That's what some court said, prompting the amendment of sec. 107:

"The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors."

John Noble Received on Wed Mar 01 2006 - 01:20:45 GMT

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