Digital BW, The Print

Anthony G. Atkielski wrote:

>Ernst Dinkla writes:
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>>In general my guess is that the magazines will be flattered that
>>their tests and scopes are mentioned in the mailing lists as 
>>being independent, thorough and by that unique.
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>Or they may be irritated that someone is reproducing their content and
>allowing others to see it without going through their own site or
>magazine and wading through the advertising that pays the magazine's
>bills.
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>Why is it that so many people resort to the "free publicity" argument to
>justify infringement?
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Because, UNLESS the copyright is registered, one must show actual 
damages..  So, you may have infringement but no $$ with a case that has 
no registered rights..

There is also the important question for written works of the proportion 
or percentage of a work copied, even if it qualifies as "fair use"..

For a professor,  to copy say two lines from a book would be protected, 
to copy several pages from a book would likely be ok, to copy the entire 
book and hand it out to students (even for educational purposes) is a 
clear infringement..  See the Kinko's case.

Go read my comments to Paul on "Fair use of images." Ersnt, is probably 
ok in his translations and postings here as long as he does not 
translate and post the majority of the article...  This list is 
primarily educational and commentary oriented.  Only the YAHOO! 
component is commercial. Issues of how the end-user uses the information 
are unimportant BTW.


 
Keith Krebs

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