Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Publisher
Albany Law Review
Abstract
Despite legislative efforts to define it, the concept of Fair Use has been the subject of aggressive debate among publishers, authors, librarians, and users of copyrighted information ("academics") at academic institutions. With the advent of the Internet and the prospect of multimedia projects, the debate has intensified and expanded into the international community.
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 of the Fair Use Doctrine-encouraging both sharing and dissemination of scholarly information, and compliance with the law, while limiting institutional liability. This Article will include a focus upon the common misconceptions and misinterpretations of the Fair Use Doctrine by members of the academic community, along with the reasons for them.
Recommended Citation
Stephana I. Colbert & Oren R. Griffin, The Impact of Fair Use in the Higher Education Community: A Necessary Exception, 62 ALB. L. REV. 437 (1998).