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Re:Fair Use Is Not an Exception to Copyright, It’s Essential... by snowwrestler on Thursday January 22, 2015 @11:07AM (#8929844)
Changes to copyright law are probably more likely to pass Congress as part of international trade agreements these days, rather than as stand-alone bills.
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Re:Fair Use Is Not an Exception to Copyright, It’s Essential... by nitrogen on Thursday January 22, 2015 @11:43AM (#8930091)
How convenient that the copyright provisions in those agreements largely come from Hollywood...
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Re:Fair Use Is Not an Exception to Copyright, It’s Essential... by 6stringmerc on Thursday January 22, 2015 @12:21PM (#8930326)
...and guided through the Federal landscape by none other than former Senator Chris Dodd. If the MPAA can actually prosecute wholesale piracy in China/India/etc, I'll have to look outside and see if a flying pig might smack into my living room window. From my experience, they prefer to sue grandmothers, families and college students in the US, because fish in a barrel.
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