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From: Dick Cleek <dcleek@pharos.uwc.edu>
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Subject: The Copyright Act lists four factors for consideration in determining whether a particular use made of a work is fair use:
Date: 11 Oct 1995 15:25:18 GMT
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brian_thurston@mindlink.bc.ca (Brian Thurston) wrote:
<SNIP>
>Fair play may not be what you think it is. Perhaps you shouls
>familiarize yourself with the latest opinions before making you
>determination.

You probably meant to say fair use...and since you're a Scientologist
I presume that this was not a Freudian "fair game" mistake.

<snip>
>You may not understand the _legal_ concept of _fair usage_.

Why don't you read it? And here it is:

Under this limitation, "the fair use of a copyrighted work . . . for 
purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching . . . 
scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright." 
17 U.S.C.A. § 107. 
The Copyright Act lists four factors for consideration in
 determining whether a particular use made of a work is fair use:

   1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is 
      of 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.

Why don't you just get back to us when you've had a chance to digest
the whole thing.

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Dick Cleek