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... electronic copyright laws? There certainly is no not-for-profit exclusion in the US for making more than fair use of copyrighted material, unless the copyright holder explicitly permits the not-for-profit use of the material.

Of course, at one time in the not to distant past, there was advertising on this site, which would have made the point moot.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 10:43:27 AM EST
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There's barely any concept at all of fair use in the UK.

Posting an entire article is certainly not a good idea, in any case.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 10:54:13 AM EST
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... against a libel suit, I would be very surprised if the UK had the same idea as fair use as the US.

Of course, when Dickens toured the US, he was first thrilled by his reception, until he found out that so many Americans read his works because they were available in cheap pirated editions ... on which point he became outraged.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Apr 27th, 2007 at 01:20:08 PM EST
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