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Subject: [RHEA-L] Fair use--
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 18:39:35 EDT

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The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair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.
>
>

Thought you all would like to see this. We as listowners have all been
concerned what we put on our lists and what we don't.

This should help us all.

Pat

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