Re: question about quotations

[David Goodman <dgoodman@princeton.edu>]

The online aggregator database does not own the copyright in the articles,
the publisher (usually) does. Proquest has merely a license to distribute
the material. I would assume that for short excerpts, the usual fair use
rules apply, even though possibly the publisher would claim otherwise.
(This does not hold, of course, for reproducing entire articles) This is
especially true because you are not making public distribution of the
material. Not a legal opinion, just my personal advice based on what I
think most of us do in similar situations.

Dr. David Goodman
Princeton University Library
and
Palmer School of Library & Information Science, Long Island University
dgoodman@princeton.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: Beverly Stafford <stafford@mult colib.org>
Date: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:45 pm
Subject: question about quotations

> Hello everyone:
> 
> I am working on a web site project for the library I work in, and 
> wouldlike to use some quotes from online periodical databases (via 
> Proq uest).These are short quotes under 130 words. most around 50 
> words, from 6 or so
> different articles. I was reading through the licensing agreements 
> online,and they say "do not publish" materials from the site. Does 
> the usual fair
> use rule apply for short quotations when the source is an online 
> database?
> Much appreciate any suggestions,
> 
> Beverly Stafford
> email:stafford@multcolib.org                     801 SW 10th Avenue