Can I print or download information from a Web site or library database without violating copyright?
In general, it is safe to print or download a single copy of a work from a database or Web site for personal non-profit research purposes. Information on websites is almost always protected under copyright law, however, and care should be taken not to violate the copyright by retransmitting or making multiple copies of the work, etc… In the case of databases, much of the information is covered by the database license. The users of databases usually have permission to use information on databases because the organization with which they are affiliated has paid license fees and agreed to certain restrictions on the use of the information. The database producer, in turn, pays copyright fees to the original copyright holder. Each database license agreement is different, but usage restrictions are generally as strict or more strict than those of the four fair use factors. It is a violation of copyright and licensing agreements to copy an entire database or even significant portions of a d
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