Digital BW, The Print

Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@...> writes:

> Copywrite laws are complex at best, some say convoluted.  While it is 
> technically illegal to even copy a page out of a book, it is recognized 
> that it is not in violation of copywriter laws if this is done for 
> personal use, say a student doing a paper, a graduate student 
> researching his thesis, etc.

It is not, in fact, technically illegal.  "Fair use" is the concept
that allows this, and it's explicitly written into the law.  (Not
explicitly *enough*, many people think -- the exact limits are not
defined at all in the statute).
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