(Ach, getting sloppy about intelligible subject lines. Sorry for the
repeat.)
Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
quotation
n 1: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a
quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list
several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are
usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article
includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn:
{citation}, {acknowledgment}, {credit}, {reference},
{mention}]
2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn:
{quote}, {citation}]
3: a statement of the current market price of a security or
commodity
4: the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he
lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
I don't have any reasons to believe that Berne Convention meant
"quotation"
in any wider meaning.
The intention of the drafters of a law is often ignored by the courts.
They read the law itself and apply generally accepted, sensible
meanings. I'm not saying my interpretation of Article 10 is definitely
correct; I'm saying it's a reasonable argument we can use in our favor.
And it's more likely that we'll see peace in the Middle East, than
WTO/WIPO
limiting scope of the copyright.
It may be unlikely, but I don't think it's quite that unlikely. If the
free content movement becomes influential enough, we may be able to push
these institutions to recognize legitimate free uses.
--Michael Snow