Hi, Kate,
In noting Suzanne's highlight of the term "fair use", your colleague might want to contact Bob Spoo from the University of Tulsa, who works in the area of fair use and academic scholarship; he is a Joycean but also works in law, which helps a great deal because the Joyce estate is so cagey about allowing Joyce's works to be used in ways that the author, himself, did not imagine or approve of. It is not something which is related to open access as we understand it here in the UK, but Bob can potentially give a better idea of how much a person can use without seeking permission when the work is going to be a part of book, etc. There is also a recording from an event where he spoke about this issue.
http://www.utulsa.edu/law/faculty/robert-spoo
Best,
Frank
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Subject: FW: Statistics/ mathematics OER.- critical values
Hi all,
I've got a colleague who is writing an open access statistics books for humanities students and has asked for help on a copyright enquiry. Can anyone help? This is his request:
"I want to include tables of critical values in the book. These are widely available online, in statistics books and specialists books with table, but usually appear with copyright notices on them, (but mostly copyrighted to the website owner/ book author). I haven't managed to find any available as OERs or under a CC licence online. I'm finding all this a bit confusing, as you need the critical values tables to be able to do statistical tests. Is there some sort of 'fair use' I could claim?"
Many thanks!
Kate
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