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From: "Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr." <>
Subject: Re: U.S. Copyright Law (was: several related threads with diffeent titles)
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 08:48:41 -0800
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020124101214.07264900@popd.ix.netcom.com>, <3C503BBB.1010102@dcn.davis.ca.us> <3c531283.13919979@news.ifb.co.uk>


But what about multiplied "journal" status within
newsgroups with gateways or "mirrored" to
mailing lists, comprehensively using Roots-L,
as well as the multitude of cross postings that
could easily be quoted from in the other entities?
This would then reduce the percentage total
quoted from any one "newsgroup . . .
equivalent to one journal" and thus satisfy fair
usage requirements. One percent review of
"about 122,000 posts in soc.history.medieval "
would allow 1220 references and even 1/2
of that, or one half of one percent, would
allow 610 references for a very detailed article.
There are currently "about 57,800 posts in
soc.genealogy.medieval". Additionally, each
notation could be limited to the essential
elements within a selected post, thus further
cutting down relative percent usage drastically,
as to actual word count per post.

Respectfully yours,

Tom Tinney, Sr.
Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/
"Free Coverage of the Genealogy World in a Nutshell"
Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition [54th] -
Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]
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Gordon Johnson wrote:

>On 24 Jan 2002 09:53:55 -0700, (Chris & Tom
>Tinney, Sr.) wrote:
>
>>I wonder about the following, re copyright law:
>>What If someone were to do a scholarly study
>>about Google Groups? There are currently
>>over 700,000,000 messages. What if
>>someone wished to evaluate how many
>>messages were from the genealogy groups?
>>[This would be of great interest in obtaining
>>an ongoing estimate of the relative per cent of
>>Internet users who have an interest in genealogy
>>and family history, worldwide and by country.]
>>
>>Then, what if someone were to find out what
>>the per cent was of those genealogy messages
>>that covered the medieval era as a representative
>>study in scholarly genealogy research? What if
>>that someone were then, under per cent usage,
>>to extensively but selectively quote from those
>>messages in a scholarly journal, for the sake of
>>an example of subjects covered? Would not
>>a research project of this sort be a fair use
>>application that would not require the permission
>>of individual authors to publish?
>>
>>Respectfully yours,
>>
>>Tom Tinney, Sr.
>>
>** As each newsgroup is the equivalent of one journal, the above
>scheme would not be feasible, as the percentage total quoted would be
>too high to be "fair usage".
>Gordon.
>
>


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