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Old 07-12-2006, 11:38 PM  
SteveLightspeed
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Originally Posted by TheJimmy
I'm just curious, how would their use of your content in their review fall outside of the Fair Use laws? It doesn't look like they're using 'too' much of the content, just a thumb of your site from the quick glance I took.

ie; MrSkin's site --- Hank charges for people to come inside. What if he said 'wow look at those saggy pancake boobies on _actress x_" Or whatever the review was, good bad or indifferent...doesn't he have the legal right to do that?

If he wasn't allowed to use that content in his review site, and charge for a membership to see his reviews...there would be no Mr Skin or a lot of other reviews/critiques of products in several industries...

:/
Use of celebrity content is an entirely different issue, imo.
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