On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Robert C. Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Harold Orlans <horlans[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
> >
> > The line between the fair (i.e., legitimate) and unfair (illegitimate)
> > use of copyright material without obtaining permission is elusive.
> > The law is too vague to be very helpful.
>
> In truth, the law is not "vague"; it is fact-specific, which is as
> it should be.
Give us a break!
How fact-specific? Who, legislator or judge, says what facts count? The law concerning fair use is supposed to guide and benefit users. But it rather confuses them, according to what they, the users, say. The threshold step in solving a hard problem is admitting it exits.
Paul Geller
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgeller/
<pgeller[_at_]law.usc.edu>
Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 15:29:32 GMT
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