Re: digital-copyright Digest 25 Mar 2004 16:00:00 -0000 Issue 355

[Joseph Lorenzo Hall <jhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A university faculty member posted on his web site a short article
> [not a pointer to the article] which he had found published on their
> website by a commercial firm [by subscription - not clear whether
> they charge for subscriptions].  The author of the article, whose
> permission to publish on our faculty member's web site had not been
> sought or granted, discovered this posting, and has asked for
> reimbursement for what she believes to be a violation of her
> copyright.  [Following notification by the author, the faculty
> member removed the item from his web site.]

If this article was posted in the context of an educational
discussion, you might also have a fair-use defense (granted, that
would require going to court to make said defense).

Joe