Anthony DiPierro wrote:
On 5/19/06, Fastfission [email protected] wrote:
On 5/19/06, Anthony DiPierro [email protected] wrote:
Interesting. I tried looking this up, because hey, if it's repeated over and over it shouldn't be hard to find. The first Google hit I found was http://www.eff.org/cafe/gross1.html - Understanding Your Rights: The Public's Right of Fair Use. But I guess the EFF has no clue what they're talking about.
If you want to play "find the source", we can do that, but I don't see the value in it.
Nor do I. You find a source, I'll find two. We could keep it up for a long time, but suffice it to say it seems like there's not a consensus, among lawyers or among the general public, on whether or not fair use is a right.
"Fair Use is not a right...it is a defense to an infringement claim" http://library.case.edu/copyright/fairuse.html
Searching google for "fair use is a right" I get 200 hits. Searching for "fair use is not a right" I get 99. Do we need to start going through and evaluating the credibility of the sources? Maybe see which ones are more impartial?
Google is not a reliable source.