Re: Haworth Press Journals

Trotter Hardy writes:
> Section 106 provides all sorts of exclusive rights to the
> copyright owner, but it still allows state contract law to
> shift ownership to one other than the original author. Why
> would the same thing not work with fair use? I.e., if an
> author can sell a copyright, why cannot a user sell a fair use
> right?

What would a user have to sell, since every user has a right of fair use? The buyer would only be buying what he already has.

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