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Mr. Drew wrote:
But you are publishing it!!!!!  Your interpretation of copyright is not the same
that appears to be held by the courts or any
of the recent literature I have seen on copyright.  You are voicing your opinion
not a fact of the law.  Who has access here
or not does NOT matter and does not really enter into the discussions.
     
     Bullshit. I am not publishing it, only passing it around a small 
     community, electonically. I haven't seen any recent decisions on fair 
     use on the Internet. What was decided? Did you have input?
     
     Of course I am voicing my opinion. I don't care about copyright law 
     and don't find myself personally bound by it. When an agent of the law 
     knocks on my door and holds a gun to my head and says "Obey the 
     copyright law son," then the nature of that relationship will be 
     clear. Until that time comes, I will respect the creative work of 
     others in the way (not ANY way) I see fit. I would NEVER pass off 
     anybody's work as my own, and I don't re-distribute the works of 
     WRITERS. I will however, re-distribute the works owned by corporations 
     as I see fit.
      
I mentioned before that I had been a victim of copy right infringment.  It 
occured entirely in the lectronic realm of the
Internet.  Someone extracted my listing of libraries from my publication, Not 
Just Cows (which is on the WWW), and called it
their own.  He/she may have interpreted it as fair use just as your are 
interpreteing  posting of entire articles.  I suggest
you contact a lwayer.  You may need one.
     
     My condolences. Last summer I wrote some emails to a Chicago Tribune 
     reporter and he used them in an article, without my permission. I 
     could, if I could afford some lawyers, sue the Trib for copyright 
     infringement. Funny, it would be easy for them to sue me.
     
     Not a two way street huh? My intellectual property is worthless, 
     because i lack the power to "protect it." The Tribune whines about the 
     copyright on their "content" but has no qualms appropriating my email.
     
     Just to set the record straight, I'm not angry at the Tribune. It fits 
     my past experiences with the corporate media.

> I think it is unfair to hold those who have a different interpretation of 
> fair use to the narrow, propertarian, pro-corporate interpretation of fair 
> use that other have.
     
It maybe "unfair" in your opinion but we as librarians are required to uphold 
the copyright law even if we disagree with it.
     
     I will uphold the copyright law when I'm being paid to. Away from work 
     I'll do whatever I want, because I didn't have a say in that copyright 
     law. That's what is commonly known as freedom.
     
     If you disagree with it, you are obligated to criticize it and work 
     against it. It's just that some of us have different ways to go about 
     this.
     
     Chuck