Posted by Bill Funk on 12/05/06 17:18

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:53:22 GMT, "jeremy" <jeremy@nospam.com> wrote:

>"Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
>news:vIednbdySa1gPOjYnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@golden.net...
>
>>
>> The most ridiculous idea to come out of the digital age is that copyright
>> is "absolute". It is not, never has been, and never was intended to be.
>
>That argument may express your sentiments, but it is legally unsound.
>
>Let me get this straight:
>
>You want to be allowed to lift someone else's images off of web sites and
>re-post them on other sites of your choice? Perhaps you want to alter them
>or try to improve them first? Ever hear of a "Derivative Copy?" The
>copyright law addresses that.
>
>Who has conferred upon you the right to take someone else's intellectual
>property and to recycle it as you see fit, without the creator's knowledge
>or permission?

No one said he did, much less Bill.
>Where in the copyright law does it say that the right to
>reproduce the work of another is not absolute?
>
Ever hear of "fair use"?
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Bill Funk
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