Ok, so this topic got me searching the web for other opinions regarding copyright and fair use. The article cited was interesting and my conclusion from it was that most anything on the internet falls under fair use for educational purposes. Other sites made very different claims. One site was fairly clear about what can be used and how it can be used. http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml is from the University of Maryland University College and is intended to assist students and faculty members. I'm not certain how much of its information is correct.
I did read from one lawyer's site that the copyright laws were written for printed material (books,etc) and that the internet has turned the copyright world upside down. I've been married to a lawyer for a long time and I know that the law changes with some regularity and that if you ask the same question of two different lawyers you will most probably get two somewhat different answers. It will probably take several years to determine what the case law is for internet copyright and by then the internet will probably have changed dramatically.
I am most comfortable when I give credit to sites and individuals' information that I find on the internet. I hope that covers the copyright laws.
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