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To: Boot Hill; Jim Robinson; Mudboy Slim
CHAPTER 9. Fair Use

Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials forpurposes of commentary and criticism. For example, if you wish to criticize a novelist, you should have the freedom to quote a portion of the novelist's work without asking permission. Absent this freedom, copyright owners could stifle any negative comments about their work.

Unfortunately, if the copyright owner disagrees with your fair use interpretation, the dispute will have to be resolved by courts or arbitration. If it's not a fair use, then you are infringing upon the rights of the copyright owner and may be liable for damages.

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/index.html

115 posted on 04/05/2004 8:27:28 PM PDT by FairOpinion (If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)
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To: FairOpinion; Jim Robinson
"Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials forpurposes of commentary and criticism."

CheckMate...Right?!

FReegards...MUD

117 posted on 04/05/2004 8:29:56 PM PDT by Mudboy Slim (Become a monthly donor......"What good am I...if I fail to FReep?!")
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