At 5:41 AM -0500 2/19/98, Esther Dyson wrote:
>You're in danger of getting involved with some nasty legal issues here.
>Many IP owners lack a sense of humor. SImply not charging users is not
>enough to qualify for fair use. Whether the law makes sense or not is a
>different matter, but it would be a shame to get tied up with these knots.
>
>Esther
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>At 09:38 PM 2/18/98 -0800, Kevin Kelly wrote:
>>>1) Would it be best to start with documents in the
>>>public domain?
>>>
>>>2)Would it be practical to obtain individual permissions
>>>from intellectual property owners?
>>>
>>>3) Would it be best to create a situation where copyright
>>>holders proactively offer a free licence to the Canon?
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>>I'd use a generous notion of fair use. Experimental, not for profit, for
>>research purposes only.
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>>At worse, I'd consider the Golden Canon trying to shape copyright
>>understanding.
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