[IP] THIS IS SATIRE == IT IS NOT TRUE AND I DO NOT DISTRIBUTE CR MATERIAL OUTSIDE FAIR USE more on (Satire) Expanding the "Google Print" Concept to Other Media
Begin forwarded message:
From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed@xxxxxxxx>
Date: October 24, 2005 12:57:05 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, Tim O'Reilly <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Lawrence Lessig
<lessig@xxxxxxxxx>, Lauren Weinstein <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on (Satire) Expanding the "Google Print"
Concept to Other Media
Dave, Tim - I picked up the following news story, which is apparently
in the public domain... though I could be wrong, since as Larry
Lessig points out, it is quite difficult to place a work in the
public domain. Feel free to share it with your readers.
- David
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Rumor: Noted Internet risk commentator, Lauren Weinstein, is
beginning to explore undertaking a class action lawsuit against one
David Farber for repeatedly extracting copyrighted works and
distributing them in whole and in part via email. Weinstein, a
fervent critic of many forms of "fair use," has not yet replied to
this and other reporters' questions regarding his role as (as far as
we know unpaid) advocate for the American Association of Publishers,
apparently holding his tongue until such time as the decision is made
to pursue the class action suit.
Weinstein is said to believe that "satire" (which he attempts to
practice) is one of the very, very few exceptions that justify fair
use, thus Farber's quite serious examination of controversial
subjects joins Google Print in overreaching on copyright.
Weinstein, a copyright fundamentalist, shares the constitutional view
that copyright is a fundamental right granted exclusively to those
Americans and corporations who are wealthy enough to control large
pools of capital sufficient to invest in lawyers and lobbyists, in
order to promote investment in the useful arts of extracting the
creative and scientific contributions of ordinary people,
transferring control of public knowledge permanently to those heirs
who are ordained, by birth or luck, to control the intellectual
capital of the country.
Asked if there is a social good to be obtained by excerpting
copyrighted works in such a way as to encourage others to read, cite,
and comment on them, Weinstein stated: "any RISK at all to the
holders of copyright is too much to balance even the smallest social
benefit." Weinstein has profited a great deal in the past from his
work raising extreme fears of technological progress on many fronts,
and controls a variety of media outlets in print, audio, and
broadcast that publish his broadsides that focus on real and imagined
dangers.
Copyright 2005, Anonymous. The anonymous author grants all rights to
reproduce copies of the above piece to the public, in all ways and
all media, in whole or in part except ways that might lead to a
lawsuit against the author or those who reprint or otherwise
reproduce it. In any use, attribution to "Anonymous" must be clearly
included, along with a reference to this license.
Signed: Anonymous, October 24, 2005.
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