Dragaera

Artificial release dates and online publishing

Wed Dec 11 19:11:31 PST 2002

On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 08:55:04PM -0600, Gametech <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Matthew Hunter wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 05:07:36PM -0600, Gametech
> > <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> ? 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use38 [snip the
> >> definition of fair use, covering at least a full page] That is still
> >> awfully vague.
> > Not really.  It's not specific to the point of "You can excerpt
> > 30 seconds of video, 10 seconds of audio, 300 characters of
> > english text", no.  That's for a judge and jury to determine
> > based on the circumstances.
> Which leaves you unintentionally breaking the law, and liable to face full
> penalty for breaking the law.
> That's a shitty way to do things, IMNSHO.

No, it leaves you in the hands of the judge & jury to identify 
what is reasonable on a case-by-case basis.

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