Klarinet Archive - Posting 000245.txt from 2009/02

From: Morrie Backun <morrie@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fair Use
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:25:46 -0500


On 2/11/09 2:16 PM, "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com> wrote:

> I wasn't going to participate in this thread anymore, because I honestly
> think Jonathan is arguing because he likes to argue, not because he
> really believes what he is saying, but I can't let this go.
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Jonathan Cohler <cohler@-----.org> wrote:
>> The question was whether making a personal copy of a piece that you
>> own is a copyright violation. If it has never been adjudicated as a
>> copyright violation (and it has not) then VERY LIKELY IT IS NOT A
>> COPYRIGHT VIOLATION. End of story.
>>
>
> This is just imaginative horseshit. **IF** you had said, "very likely
> you will never be sued", then I would agree with you completely. But
> that sentence as you have written it is both untrue and unsupported by
> your premises.
>
> End of story.

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