You Are Chosen to Edit the University Yearbook

Essay

You are chosen to edit the university yearbook.One of your staff members has chosen a 500-word excerpt to use on the yearbook's first page.The excerpt is from a short novel (125 pages)that was published last summer and won every prestigious award given to books in Fall 2013.The excerpt seems to sum up the whole point of the novel,but would be perfect as the introduction to the yearbook.You question your staff member about the excerpt,and she says,"No,I didn't bother to get permission to reprint it.I remember in media law class something was said about not needing permission to use just a little of something." If the novel's author (or publisher)sues the yearbook for copyright infringement,what would your best defense be? Would your defense be successful? Why or why not?