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(d4vis)Re: Fair Use When Referring to Book Answers?

by d4vis (Chaplain)
on Nov 18, 2000 at 00:23 UTC ( [id://42279]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Fair Use When Referring to Book Answers?

As a compliment to footpad's post:

The "Fair Use" guidelines (Title 17 sec. 107) can be found here.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include -
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a 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. The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.

I believe that quoting code from the perl books qualifies as fair use, this being a nonprofit, scholarly, even a teaching situation. Of course, I'm not a lawyer either...thank Dog. ;)
Perhaps merlyn would be in a better position to answer this question than most of us?

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