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Originally Posted by Xenophon
quoting reasonable-size portions (up to 1000 words or 50% of a work whichever is less is guaranteed OK; larger portions may or may not fall under fair use) of a work for critical or educational use --
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Do you have a specific ruling that points to those numbers? I was under the impression there was no guaranteed "safe" standard for fair use. Music sampling has been ruled against on the basis of four notes, or only a few seconds out of an entire song.
I'm aware that most music sampling doesn't count as "critical or educational use," but some is definitely critical--and the ability to use up to 1000 words of a movie or 50% of a song for educational uses would be a great boon to many college students & professors, some of whom are being told that they
cannot use any direct quotes at all in their papers, to avoid lawsuits.