SUO: 08 May 2002 -- Questions Of Fair Use
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Phil,
I will bring your concerns to the attention of the group,
by way of gathering some additional opinion, common sense,
expert, or otherwise. Because this is a matter of group
function that is pressed upon me, willi, nilli, at this
point, I will for the time being vacate my voluntary
restraint to one email per day to the Main SUO List
until the issue can be resolved.
For my part, I believe that I am operating within the
provisions of "fair use" of the copy of the book that
I have purchased, and within the customary practices
of scholarly use, review, and citation. Since I am
not a legal expert, I will have to be guided by my
sense of what is proper, the informal advice that
I have received in the past, and the overriding
sense of what is in the ultimate best interests
of scholarship, science, and society.
From my personal point of view, I using this text in a seminar mode,
copying relevant extracts of a standard text or a research monograph
onto our common chalkboard, pursuant to our charge of making informed
evaluations of matters pertaining to a public standards specification.
When it comes to matters of credit and citation, I consistently make use
of "vertical bar" verbatims, and supply full bibliographic references on
every web-page of quotation.
I realize that e-chalk is slightly less ephemeral than the older brands,
though not by very much from what I've seen lately, and I believe that
everybody here realizes that a large part of the utility of the web
today would evaporate instantly if the reservations you express
were applied with equal reserve across the width of the web,
tying the whole web, in effect, to the mortemain of the
arborphage generations.
Jon Awbrey
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Philip Jackson wrote:
>
> Jon,
>
> It appears that you are in the process of posting extensive
> quotes from a published textbook. Unless you have permission
> to do so, from the copyright owner, this may be lead to a risk
> of violating a copyright. I would recommend that you either
> seek permission from the copyright owner, or not post
> extensive quotes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil Jackson
>
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