WiNC opened this issue on Oct 01, 2002 ยท 82 posts
cooler posted Wed, 02 October 2002 at 1:42 AM
Attached Link: http://rangi.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpacts/public/text/1994/an/143.html
WinC, I figgered I'd save you a little work... the link above is for the amended (1997) New Zealand Copyright Act :-) Under US law, April is correct, no portion of a work can be used without permission. The only exception being 'fair use' which is interpreted on a case by case basis, using fairly strict criteria. This from the US copyright FAQ at.... http://www.copyright.gov/faq.html#q47 "Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to authorize someone else to create a new version of that work. Accordingly, you cannot claim copyright to another's work, no matter how much you change it, unless you have the owner's consent. See Circular 14. New Zealand law is a bit more specific however. As of 1/1/98 no more than 3% (or 3 pages in the case of a literary work) can be used & that is *only* in cases of "Criticism, review, news reporting, Education, Public Administration or Library/Archives"