Re: copyright changes

On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Lynn Winebarger <owinebar[_at_]indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Craig Hayward <chayward[_at_]hbmaynard.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not saying I don't totally agree with you, but I think (at least
> > in my experience) people are pretty good about agreeing to terms and
> > conditions that are spelled out. In fact people have asked me about
> > the disclaimer before and I've told them so they are clear. To
> > educate using my drawing or idea is fine. To sell my ideas as someone
> > else's, is not fine. This is what needs to be spelled out to more
> > people. I think fair use needs to be spelled out more to people in
> > these situations as well. I've worked in information retrieval and
> > gathering and don't totally understand everything.
>
> The thing is, fair use does not have explicit limits - I mean, there
> are obvious cases that fall beyond the pale (making your own editions of
> copyrighted books to be sold at bookstores comes to mind), but from what
> I can tell most established limits on fair use are minimums, with acts
> over that needing a decision by the judiciary in the specific case. I
> for one am not in favor of "educating" people to ask permission for fair
> uses - as was noted on this list earlier, always seeking permission
> inherently weakens the rights protected by fair use.

Lynn makes an interesting point, what about Campbell vs Acuff-Rose? Fair use after permission was denied by the publisher?

Danny Shapiro
Copyright multimedia manager
Oregon State University
shapirod[_at_]ccmail.orst.edu Received on Fri Jun 11 1999 - 19:46:26 GMT