[PADG:100] Fair Use chat today: Chronicle of Higher Ed.

["S. Tyra Grant" <stgrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI the Chronicle of Higher education is hosting an online chat about fair 
use today at 1pm eastern, noon central: 
<http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/2004/07/copyright/chat.php3>

The topic (from the Chronicle site cited above):
Indiana University Press's withdrawal of a scholarly reader on the 
Anglo-American composer Rebecca Clarke is just the latest example of 
scholarship bowing to the assertion of copyright claims. The case law on 
fair use is decidedly murky, but increasingly aggressive assertions of 
copyright are affecting the willingness of publishers to include any 
material that asserts a right to "fair use" of copyrighted materials. So 
just what use are "fair use" provisions in copyright law if presses lack 
the wherewithal to challenge copyright claimants? Do such cases create a 
"chilling effect" on scholarship and in academic publishing? What steps can 
be taken by scholars and other groups interested in copyright law to 
protect the shrinking arena for fair use? When, indeed, can such claims be 
asserted?
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