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Some of you may remember a flurry of news awhile ago about UCLA and Georgia getting in trouble with some major copyright holders about creating "e-reserves" in library computer systems for student use for classes.
Here's a link to an article in Academic Impressions that reports on court decisions settling those lawsuits and setting specific limits for the substantiality test for fair use. Turns out those limits are one chapter or 10%.
http://www.academicimpressions.com/news/copyright-fair-use-and-electronic-materials-three-tips-0
I have an earlier post in this blog on the 4 factors test for fair use.
Bob