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Article in Today's Washington Post
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Sorry, we completely disagree here. Posting a news article to the web under fair use is, IMO, morally correct, even if it may not be legally correct. The copyright system in the USA is so broken it's pathetic and it's designed to make rich white guys richer, quite honestly. -Eric in that crazy lefty city of SF an educated, left of left not rich white guy ps. we shouldn't bore the rest of the orchid folks here with this way off topic diversion. "J. Del Col" wrote in message m... "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Mike, Fair use, babe. Posting to the Web doesn't count as "fair use" by any standard. The article could be accessed for free by anyone in the world. Verbatim publication is never "fair use." We're all essentially researchers learning about orchids in this newsgroup. What's the difference in posting it here rather than the library having the article put into a circular file on orchids that everyone goes and reads? Income. Libraries pay more for subscriptions than individuals do exactly because it is assumed that more than one person will read the periodical at the library. Or someone bringing it to an OS meeting and letting everyone read it? The medium is different - not the outcome. Furthermore, no one entity is charging everyone here a fee in order to read this newsgroup,.... So what? The point of copyright is to guarantee the rights of the copyright holder to determine how, when, and by whom the material may be reproduced. Whether the person who violates the copyright charges anything is irrelevant. If I wrote a book about orchids and you made it available on the web for free, you can bet your life I'd sue for copyright infringement. Copyright infringement is theft. Read the --Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law--. J. Del Col |
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