On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 01:30:16PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:Andrew seems to avoid Red Herring arguments more than I.I asked for the rationale behind his calling fair use a "perversion", and he refused to supply one. It's that simple. (The only reason I can find is that he had no reason; he just attacks things--people and laws alike--out of sheer habit, not for any particular reason.)
I thought he gave a simple answer - if he tried (or I tried) to claim "fair use" in court, the judge would simply reply "what's that?" and then convict us of copyright "theft".
Cheers, Wol -- Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk HEX wondered how much he should tell the Wizards. He felt it would not be a good idea to burden them with too much input. Hex always thought of his reports as Lies-to-People. The Science of Discworld : (c) Terry Pratchett 1999