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Originally Posted by kenny
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their rights are limited to using "fair use" as a defense in a court of law.
If they can prove it more power to them. If they don't they wreck their lives over downloading Stars Wars.
and don't worry we already know where you stand. You expect others to expand resources both producing the properity and policing the websites of others to insure its not being violated. |
not anymore, now if you send a take down request for something that is fair use, you can be sued for all the court costs, and economic damage.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08...ider-fair-use-
ruling like this have created an economic insentive to fight, lawyers can defend the fair use rights probono and cash in at the end with a counter suit.
Your livelihood is just at risk if you falsely target a fair use access/distribution of copyrighted materials.
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I'm glad I was raised with more character than that. I don't expect something for nothing.
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except for the cash people have to pay to rebuy the content they have a fair use right to recover.