A federal judge ruled substantially for Georgian State University in a copyright case. Georgia State professors were sued by publishing companies who objected to the professors posting online excerpts fr0m four books for the use of their students.
The “fair use” doctrine allows the publishing of limited amounts of material without permission so long as the publication does not hurt the market for the material. -db
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 14, 2012, by Bill Rankin and Laura Diamond.