Jimmy Wales wrote:
But "never under any circumstances" doesn't strike me as a remotely plausible position.
- The "hardliners" (of whom I count myself one) are hardliners in
part because of a certain set of views on copyright. These views ought to lead us to want to _expand_ the doctrine of fair use. Therefore, we *want* fair use, we want to rely on it, we want to use our position of influence to break down the myth that just because something is copyright, it's entirely untouchable.
This is consistent with my philosophies about law-abidance. If you are to be successful in expanding a concept it's going to be through working in its murky and uncertain edges, rather than in the safe middle where there is a certainty to the laws. Goal-hugger is the most derogatory term that can be applied in a game of hide-and-go-seek.
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