On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Dave Henn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [snip] > Keep in mind that fair use is a defense to copyright infringement, not a > right. This is something that is generally not understood by the > non-copyright folks (read 98% or more of the world) You still infringe the > copyright and can be sued. You just say that what you did does not warrant > any sort of compensation to the copyright holder.[snip] > OK, my memory for copyright is not perfect. The statute actually says that fair use is not an infringement. However, it is still a defense one asserts having been accused of infringement, and there is an involved test to show it. And the factors in the test are fuzzy. Basically, if you're relying on fair use, be really sure it really is a fair use so you can convince a copyright holder that they shouldn't take you to court. (*NOT LEGAL ADVICE - PERSONAL OPINION*) Wikipedia has a good entry on Fair Use<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use> . -- Dave Henn [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
