On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 03:38:19PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 03:10:41AM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 07:45:24AM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > Fair use is an American perversion. It does not exist in most of the > > > rest of the world in anything like the same form. Anything that relies > > > on the American notion of "fair use" is non-free, because in the UK > > > that means "Non-commercial use only". > > > > Out of curiosity, what is it about fair use that makes you call it a > > "perversion"? > > In opposition to the norm. That's the real definition, once you > discard the arbitrary labels of 'right' and 'wrong'.
Something which is merely "in opposition to the norm" is "unusual". A perversion is something which is both unusual and worse. Fair use may be unusual, but I don't really understand how it's worse. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
