Club copy of book-- D.C./Lib of Congress

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 12651


I thought this was probably the case, though I am not a lawyer.

My main concern is that I do not want to put money in Stouffer's 
litigious pockets. I would happily read the book in the libary and 
scribble out the notes and report back. I just don't want Stouffer to 
be able to say "See? There is a demand for my book!"

That's all.

--Suzanne





--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> ourobouros_1999 at y... wrote:
> 
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., aichambaye at y... wrote:
> >  >
> > > > Can we do this under "fair use"?
> > <snip>
> >
> > I'm not a lawyer, but under my understanding, "fair use" only 
applies
> > to excerpts, that can be used in various ways permissible under 
the
> > law, such as for book reviews. So if someone grabbed the book, 
read
> > it, and wrote a review to the list with certain relevant excerpts, 
I
> > think the statute would cover it. Since we aren't making any money
> > off of this, I think the actual intent of the law (to stop 
copyright
> > infringement in business) wouldn't matter so much, but since this
> > person is so litigious, it wouldn't hurt to get a clearer opinion. 
Is
> > there a lawyer on the list?
> 
> There are several lawyers on the list, myself included.  But, Heidi 
is
> our IP expert.  I believe your interpretation of "fair use" is 
correct.
> You definitely cannot copy an entire book under the "fair use"
> doctrine.  It would be far preferable to have someone take notes &
> excerpt it for our review.  Heidi may have more detailed thoughts.
> 
> Penny
> 
> 
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