To: Defiant; geedee
Fair use allows you to quote a little bit, tooFair use allows up to 10% of the article. So we can paraphrase the gist of it, but we can also quote 10% if we want, I believe. I think that's the allowable limit, unless it's changed recently.
To: texasbluebell
To my knowledge, there is no specified percentage or word count in the fair use code:
Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
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The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors
100 posted on
09/23/2003 10:16:03 PM PDT by
Jim Robinson
(Conservative by nature... Republican by spirit... Patriot by heart... AND... ANTI-Liberal by GOD!)
To: texasbluebell
Fair use allows up to 10% of the article. So we can paraphrase the gist of it, but we can also quote 10% if we want, I believe. I think that's the allowable limit, unless it's changed recently. No, it doesn't. There is no such "rule" in the copyright laws themselves, nor in court rulings on the matter. In fact, depending on circumstances people have been found guilty of copyright violation based on as little as two quoted sentences.
108 posted on
09/23/2003 10:39:29 PM PDT by
Ichneumon
(Life is too short to waste time on trolls)
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