I've got a bunch of short bibliographies that are formatted like
>Firstname Lastname, Title (Year)
I want to rearrange them like
>Lastname, Firstname. Title. Year.
Is there a way to automate this?
I'm working on an academic paper to be included in a collected volume published by a Canadian press. Said paper will discuss the visual aesthetics of an animated TV and film series and will include illustrations. I was told that it is incumbent on me to determine whether all of my uses of illustrations are legal.
Looking at this document from the University of Toronto, it seems pretty clear that using a couple screen grabs from the series (that I've taken myself) should be fine; I doubt it could be argued those're "substantial."
But I also want to reproduce a piece of officially-released promotional art, and I'm not clear about the legality of that in this context. The art in question depicts two of the series's major characters, and I'm deploying it to demonstrate my argument about these characters' aesthetic depictions. Except, if said art doesn't count as an excerpt, and it's its own creative work, I think it's pretty incontrovertible that my use would be substantial. And while "up to" "an entire artistic work" is potentially allowable, could the rights-holder argue that I could have made more of an effort to achieve the same effect in a less-infringing manner--say, by using more "insubstantial" screencaps from the series?
In short: how does copyright law handle this scenario? Should I just try and find a different way of illustrating my point?
Next time I visit your country (and I really hope there is a next time, sooner rather than later; it was lovely!), I would prefer it not be under Bart vs. Australia-style circumstances, you know?