Letter to Editor: Response to Florian Mueller's Release re: "Anti-IP" [LWN.net]

Letter to Editor: Response to Florian Mueller's Release re: "Anti-IP"

Posted Sep 1, 2005 22:20 UTC (Thu) by Differance (guest, #18916)
In reply to: Letter to Editor: Response to Florian Mueller's Release re: "Anti-IP" by jzbiciak
Parent article: Letter to Editor: Response to Florian Mueller's Release re: "Anti-IP"

> Uhm... The Fair Use doctrine is an integral aspect
> of copyright. It's an explicit limit on how far
> copyright goes. Copyright is an artificial right,
> and Fair Use defines one of its boundaries. An
> argument which rests on a foundational pillar of
> copyright could hardly be "against" that construct.

It goes beyond that. Author's rights under copyright are "subject to" fair use, first sale, and a host of other principles articulated in the statute.

Florian's just applying wishful thinking.

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