So Steve are you saying we can put anything into a research site...I'm a 
little leary of this since the internet is taking copyright law to a new 
twist....in other words is research my own provide research or can I 
share it via the web...

Charlotte

----Original Message Follows----
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 16:17:30 -0400
From: "Steven J. Coker" 
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: Fair Use Doctrine
To: [email protected]

Fair Uses of Copyrighted Works.

From; http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/title17/1-107.html

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The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of 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

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