Copyright Permission In The Digital Age

In the 1990s, at the conclusion of almost three years of meetings, the Conference on Fair Use (CONFU, 1997) presented guidelines for distance learning, interlibrary loan, digital images, multi-media and e-reserves, most of which were never widely endorsed. Nevertheless, many universities apply them in lieu of making individual fair use assessments. The CONFU guidelines are suggestions for staying within fair use based on the 1976 statute.