By: walt

walt — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:42:40 +0000

Ivan: Big Media–particularly RIAA–has typically avoided that thin line by simply asserting that Fair Use doesn’t exist–either that there’s no such law (explicitly false, in the U.S. at least) or that Fair Use is only a defense for infringement, not an exception to copyright (also explicitly false as the law is worded, but that’s never bothered Big Media).

By: Ivan Chew

Ivan Chew — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:12:08 +0000

I can imagine some one arguing that the line between Fair Use and Misuse is thin. That said, someone once told me that Copyright punishes those who choose to follow the law. Which is what you’re saying about DRM restricting Fair Use rather than being a foolproof method of preventing IP misuse.

Comments on: MP3 Doesn’t Have DRM–Or Does It?

By: walt

By: Ivan Chew