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Fair Use is Not a Constitutional Right

Posted by timothy on from the thinking-things-through dept.

jmichaelg writes: "Ed Stroligo at overclockers.com has written an article on the fair-use provision of the 1976 copyright law. He goes into some depth on the difference between a constitutional right vs. a legal right as well as covers the Betamax, Napster and Rio cases. It's a well thought out article and definitely worth the read."

3 of 376 comments (clear)

  1. good article; yet needs proof reader by cheese_wallet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish that article were on a wiki page. If it were I would go through an correct all the typos.

  2. Re:FP by Warped-Reality · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    your comment and your .sig contradict one another

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  3. Re:FP by efuseekay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, I know. Though I can't find a way out of the conumdrum : I can't fix my .sig since then the whole point would be lost. I guess I can change it to "Look! I sometimes post no fp and trolls!" but that's too much trouble.

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