<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1605060032"><div id="yiv237840742">Concerning the short excerpts question, Canadian case law now seems to differ from American. A Canadian Federal Court of Appeal ruling has just been released (May 25) which upholds the Canadian Copyright Board's previous decision that, for example, 30-second previews of recordings are instances of 'fair dealing': <br><br>http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/2007/20071018-m-e.pdf<br><br>The Canadian decision focused on a prospective purchaser's 'research,'
though 'criticism/review' would also appear to be involved in comparing
an analysis of an excerpt with a sonic realization of the excerpt.<br><br>Accordingly, Prof. Kostka's brief MIDI/WAV illustrations would seem to be OK in Canada. <br><br>Jay Rahn, York University (Toronto) <br><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table>