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  In my personal opinion (and I'm not a copyright lawyer) I would say
your graduate project looks protected under three provisions of Fair
Use: see

      http://rustysmith.com/fairuse/index.html

  The one area of the four main Fair Use guidelines where I see some
question is the third one: "the amount and substantiality of the portion
used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole." Your use of the
doll as the narrator and guide represents a large portion of your
product.

  To be completely free of any potential copyright problems it would be
a good idea to obtain permission from the doll manufacturer. I would say
your chances of getting a positive response would be excellent as a
video would be free advertising and they might like a copy for their own
use. I'm not sure how much the books would figure into this issue and
perhaps other LM_NET members will comment on that aspect.


Cheers,


Russell Smith
Edtech Consultant, Journalist
Region 14 Education Service Center
Abilene, Texas  915-675-8659
http://www.rustysmith.com

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