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Old 12-21-2008, 10:37 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
That is not the question though. He didn't say if he lost his copy. He simply said if he put up a website and gave it away for free.
that would be illegal, and because i fully provided for the fair use rights in question i could come after him as hard as i wanted too.

just like in the DeCSS case.

IF i did what you guys did and not provide for the fair use rights, the torrent sites could hide behind fair use/ and it protector the safe harbor provision of the DMCA.
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