Re: [LM_NET] copyright question

[Daniel Stuhlman <ddstuhlman@EARTHLINK.NET>]

At 08:43 AM 10/02/2009, you wrote:
>I would appreciate your thoughts on a copyright 
>concern.  Some of our teachers would like to 
>print t-shirts for a thematic unit they are 
>doing this semester.  They plan to put "New Moon 
>Escape" with a quote from New Moon, the 
>Stephenie Meyer book, on the t-shirt.  They want 
>to use the funds from sales to help pay for a 
>trip to the theatre to see the movie in 
>November.  They are not planning to put the book 
>cover on the shirt. Since they will make a 
>profit on the t-shirts, what do you think about 
>using the book's title and a quote in this fashion?

This is not a legal opinion.  I am not a lawyer.

The test of copyright protection does not depend on fees, charges or profit.

Quoting a line from a book with full attribution 
seems to me to be within fair use.  Titles are 
not copyrightable. Unless a title is a registered 
trademark, it is not protected.   For example 
Stuhlman's Chicago Guide® is protected; Chicago 
Guide / by Daniel Stuhlman is not.


(Dr.) Daniel D. Stuhlman
   Reference Librarian
   Wright College Library
   Chicago, IL
   773-481-8420
   dstuhlman at ccc.edu

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