Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:10:25 -0600 From: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:14:40AM -0700 References: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0103040637000.3518-100000@student.uq.edu.au> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305004222.00cfe2a0@localhost> <20010305134937.K80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305114235.046da630@localhost> <20010305200017.D80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305123951.04604b20@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost>
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:14:40AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> "Fair use" has always been a compromise.
>
> --Brett
It won't be for long if copyright owners have their way. Furthermore,
copyrights and patents exist to promote the sciences and arts. "Fair
use" serves as a mechanism for doing just that. The sciences and arts
cannot be promoted, and development cannot occur if information is
guarded to closely. "Fair use" merely provides controlled access to
information which would otherwise be proprietary throughout its useful
lifetime.
I understand why you think it is a compromise. However, "fair use" is
only a compromise if you look at it from a copyright owner's point of
view.
- v
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Victor R. Cardona
vcardona@home.com
"Behold the keyboard of Kahless, the greatest Klingon
code warrior that ever lived!"
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