Re: Netiquette: forwarding things to other forums

[murr rhame]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Ash wrote:

> fair use balances 4 elements:
> 
>       1 the purpose and character of the use.
>       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.
>       4 THE EFFECT OF THE USE ON THE POTENTIAL MARKET FOR, OR VALUE OF,
>       THE COPYRIGHTED WORK

I stand corrected.  It is my understanding that non-profit use
does not provide a general exemption to redistribute copyrighted
material without permission.


- murr -