Erik Moeller wrote:
Sure. Fair use is a rare exception to the rule that we should not use copyrighted materials.
And it is one which we should approach with great caution. I would be in favor of never relying on "fair use" at all, except that it would be silly and close to impossible to do so, particularly since ordinary quotes from copyrighted texts are "fair use". Shall we have a rule that we can't quote a few words from a copyrighted text? Absurd, I think.
Even so, caution is warranted, because re-users might not be in the same position vis a vis fair use as we are. And we should be sensitive to that.
--Jimbo