Fair-use Guidelines
Fair-use guidelines in Law Libraries
The follow definition of Fair-use guidelines is of use in law library research: The doctrine of fair use allows copyrighted works to be used for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. Fair use generally applies to nonprofit, educational purposes that do not affect the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work. Read more about fair-use guidelines on the following Web Page:
Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials.
See also
Copyright
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Further Readings
Abramson, E. M. How much copying under copyright? Contradictions, paradoxes, inconsistencies. Temple Law Review 61 : 153-196., 1988.
Legal Citations
Applied Innovations v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, 876 F.2d 626 (8th Cir. 1989).
Basic Books v. Kinko’s Graphics Corporation, 758 F. Supp. 1522 (S.D.N.Y. 1991).
Clark v. Crues, 260 Fed. App’x. 292 (Fed. Cir. 2008).
Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 102 (Fair Use); § 107 (Exemption); § 107 (Historical and Statutory Notes— Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions); § 107 (Historical and Statutory Notes—Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music); § 108 (Reproduction by Libraries and Archives); § 110 (Performance Exemptions); § 112 (Limitations on Exemptions); § 201(b) (Works for Hire); § 412 (Damages and Attorney Fees); § 504(c) (Statutory Damages).
Marcus v. Rowley, 695 F.2d 1171 (9th Cir. 1983).
Nazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201 (1954).
Pavlica v. Behr, 397 F. Supp. 2d 519 (S.D.N.Y (2005).).
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, et al. v. MCA Inc., et al., 715 F.2d 1327 (9th Cir. 1983).
Leave a Reply