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| DATE | 2001-10-11 |
| FROM | David Sugar
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] more PHP Copyright dribbl
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Oh, don't worry, there are some organization who feel libraries are
immoral and should be closed anyway because, *gasp*, people can read
books for free there! And just imagine all the so called "copyright
violations" (one used to call those things fair-use, a principle derived
from the first ammendment rights and the limited intent of copyright
itself, but then copyright was invoked in the Constitution as a
compromise suggestion when it benefits the public good, a concept of at
least noble intent, and a key source of legitimacy, entirely lost in
today's copyright laws) that can happen in a Library! I particularly
like RMS's point on this, in his cute little essay "the right to read..."
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html)
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>When photocopying an Encyclopaedia in your local library, have you ever
>been forced by the librarian to pay licensing costs to the publisher?
>Why should not the same situation apply to digital-copying your
>E-encyclopaedia?
>
>jon bober.
>____________________________
>New Yorker Linux Users Scene
>Fair Use -
>because it's either fair use or useless....
>
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New Yorker Linux Users Scene
Fair Use -
because it's either fair use or useless....
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