The impact of "fair use" in the higher education community: a necessary exception.

From: Albany Law Review | Date: December 22, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

Despite legislative efforts to define it, the concept of Fair Use(1) has been the subject of aggressive debate among publishers, authors, librarians, and users of copyrighted information ("academics") at academic institutions.(2) With the advent of the Internet and the prospect of multimedia projects,(3) the debate has intensified and expanded into the international community.(4)

This Article focuses primarily on the challenges that face academic administrators and college and university attorneys seeking to advise their academic clients of the parameters ...

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