[WikiEN-l] Re: [HelpDesk-l] permission

[Sean Barrett]

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Matt Brown stated for the record:

> There is a strong argument that those concerned with freedom should
> aggressively use the provisions of Fair Use - explicitly to never allow the
> fiction that copyright owners have absolute control to establish itself.
> Fair Use is equivalent to a public right of way, in a sense - and should not
> be a right allowed to lapse through unuse.
> 
> -Matt (User:Morven)

An argument promoted all the more strongly since its supporters won't
have to pay any of the shattering price of making it.  "You should
accept the risk that a crippling lawsuit will destroy your project while
I sit over here and cheer you on."

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