Re: copyright & fair use

I have been following this discussion and thinking about what everyone has been saying. I've also had some private side discussions on the issue. I think I have come to the conclusion that there is a definite parallel between our current discussion concerning whether or not fair use can be modified by contract and our earlier discussion concerning the basis of copyright. It appears to me that those who favored an author's property right as the basis tend to believe that fair use can be waived by contract. Those who favored production of works for the use of society as the primary basis tend to believe that fair use probably cannot be eliminated by contract. Any comments?

sigSsssa Received on Tue Apr 26 1994 - 02:19:05 GMT