Re:Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for Europea...
by pjc50 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:59PM
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> shouldn't following the law be most important?
More or less everyone has given up on following the letter of the law on copyright and has resorted to all sorts of "fair use" ideas that probably wouldn't stand up in court.
Instapaper makes copies of web pages. Does it have permission from the copyright holders for every copy of every web page? No. Are they going to enforce this? Almost certainly not.
More or less everyone has given up on following the letter of the law on copyright and has resorted to all sorts of "fair use" ideas that probably wouldn't stand up in court.
Instapaper makes copies of web pages. Does it have permission from the copyright holders for every copy of every web page? No. Are they going to enforce this? Almost certainly not.