jAn abstract, whether created by the publisher or by a
third-party service, is independently copyrightable and an
entity
unto itself. I would therefore not consider it fair use to
republish the entirety of it without permission.
Where you get the abstract from is immaterial to its
copyright
status. Just because something appears on a government site
does
NOT make it public domain. It is only if the abstract was
itself
created by a federal government agency that it could then be
considered PD.
Sandy Thatcher
Penn State University Press
>Dear Listers:
>
>I would appreciate your advice on answering these
questions,
>recently raised by a faculty member:
>
>"I am creating a bibliography of articles on a
topic. My
>bibliography will be published as a journal article or
technical
>report.
>
> -do I need to get permission of the publisher to
include the
>abstract that appears in the cited article, or does my
use of
>those abstracts fall under fair use? (small portions of
the
>original publication)
>
> -If [I] obtain the abstract from a database like
PubMed, which
>is not itself copyrighted and is in the public domain,
does that
>affect my use?
>
>Is there a citation or source that I can refer to for
>substantiating this?"
>
>Thanks in advance for your expert opinions and
interpretations!
>
>Karen S. Tschanz, M.L.S., M.B.A., M.S.O.D.
>Asst. Prof./Chair, Content Management
>Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D., Library, AB-241
>Medical College of Georgia
>Augusta, GA 30912
>E-mail: ktschanz mail.mcg.edu
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