Re: Web Sweep

Gordon P. Firemark <firemark[_at_]firemark.com> wrote:
>
> Except that the use IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, it just happens to be a
> legally defensible infringement. It's not my job to assert defenses on
> behalf of opposing parties. If the infringer gets my letter, consults a
> lawyer, and then tells me "I'm not going to stop, because I beleive my
> use is a "Fair Use"", then I'd probably respond with a letter "carving
> out" the use and "authorizing" it, but warning against expanding the
> use, etc...

Fair use is not infringement! Infringement is a use which violates the rights of a copyright holder. Fair use does not. If what you meant to say that is that your clients property had clearly been copied that is one thing. To say the copy is infringing is another matter.

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S. Warwick
swarwick[_at_]sprynet.com