| From: | swiftone@********.org (Brett Sanger) |
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| Subject: | SR4 PDF [OT] |
| Date: | Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:03:29 -0400 |
> The Fair Use sections of copyright law in the US are written
> to say that you are allowed to make copies of stuff you
> have purchased, and you can hand out those copies as long
> as you (or anyone you hand copies to) makes any money off
> them.
I'm assuming you meant "*not* money off them".
In which case, that's still incorrect. Copyright protects distribution
rights, and that is regardless of whether or not money is made.
Fair Use protects parodies, reviews, and limited educational use.
Under (U.S.) copyright law you can make copies galore, so long as you do
not distribute them, you are not violating a protected right.
Napster tried to argue that giving you an electronic copy of the same
music you had bought on CD was a permitted activitity, not that you were
always allowed to distribute copies.
> So, it is still technically legal in the US under Fair
> Use to copy digital documents and hand them out for free.
I completely disagree.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci
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SwiftOne / Brett Sanger
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