The New York Times just stole our column. Should we sue?

Re:The New York Times just stole our column. Should we sue? by sk5t on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @06:51PM (#3569149)

Apologist much? The NYT posted the PDF on their own servers, not merely a link. The quality of the scan is immaterial. An entire article, without commentary or any other contribution, is exactly what fair use isn't. While _we_ may take an enlightened approach to republishing out-of-print materials, the thrust of the Phoenix's response is that the NYT hypocritically opposes reasonable approaches to copyright.

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Re:The New York Times just stole our column. Should we sue? by donohoe on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @07:22PM (#3569236)

Apologist much?

  Apologist: a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.

Yes, I guess so.

I think rprasad said it best:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3569201

To quote:

  This is the textbook definition of "fair use": 
  providing a copy of an out-of-print, otherwise 
  unavailable news article, for the purposes of 
  supplementing a published news article. (Fair 
  use is a multi-factor test with no fixed 
  requirements...it's basically whatever use 
  is "fair" in the context of the actual use.)

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