[Husker] Re: Copyright Violations (This is a rant, Sorry) (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> > Reproducing anyone's post from the Husker List somewhere else
> > without permission of the author is a form of copyright violation,
> 
> Is quoting some of it in a response covered by fair use?
> 
> By the way, I'm just asking for clarification purposes.  I respect
> Gary's request, and agree that apologies are owed.

'Fair use' can get really tricky, and despite some knowledge in the
area I am not an intellectual property attorney.  

Let's say, for example, that Woody wrote something caustic about the Huskers
and people want to discuss it.  Even though his columns are all copyrighted 
(with the copyright possibly owned by or assigned to his publisher), using 
excerpts here for the purpose of critical commentary is acceptable fair 
use as long as those quotes are short.  

How much can you quote and get away with it?  Sorry, but there aren't 
any really good guidelines here as to what constitutes a 'material portion'
of something like a newspaper column.  

If it makes you want to go read the original piece, that's probably within 
the fair use guidelines, though a jury could always decide otherwise.
--
Mike Nolan