[Upd-discuss] [dsaklad@zurich.ai.mit.edu: Overreaching University of Massachusetts copyright policy]

[Stan Robins]

Not really. For most purposes, a citation to the work will serve, perhaps 
along with a relatively short quotation.

This sentence from the policy suggests some buttheaded departmental 
administration at the institution -- but department heads are sometimes 
buttheads.

 >We will not enter into discussions of what is a significant portion or 
what is >fair use.

It's a little off-topic, but what I read of the Web Law FAQ that was linked 
was pretty well-written and showed good common sense, IMHO.

Stan Robins


At 10:32 AM 2/21/00 -0700, Richard Stallman wrote:
>This policy looks like an example of a chilling effect of copyright law.
>
>http://www.cs.umb.edu/help.html
>Click on Lab Policy
>Click on use of copyrighted material
>
>http://www.cs.umb.edu/helproot/policy/copyrights.html
>
>...[more]
>...In any case, the use of the Math and Computer
>Science Departmental Network subjects you to
>stricter policies than might be accorded you
>publishing in a public forum such as a commercial
>ISP or a book you might publish. Whether or not a
>court would declare it fair use, you are may not
>post on our servers, email to anyone, or post to
>newsgroups the entirety, nor even significant
>portions, of copyrighted materials without the
>permission of copyright owner. We will not enter
>into discussions...[more]
>[more]...
>
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