On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 09:34:42PM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Glenn Maynard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 01:30:16PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > >>Andrew seems to avoid Red Herring arguments more than I. > > > >I asked for the rationale behind his calling fair use a "perversion", > >and he refused to supply one. It's that simple. (The only reason > >I can find is that he had no reason; he just attacks things--people > >and laws alike--out of sheer habit, not for any particular reason.) > > I thought he gave a simple answer - if he tried (or I tried) to claim > "fair use" in court, the judge would simply reply "what's that?" and > then convict us of copyright "theft".
I didn't ask why fair use isn't useful for Debian. I knew the answer to that long before this thread. I asked him why he considers fair use itself to be a bad thing. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]