On 3/8/07, Robert Dewar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dave Korn wrote:
> A few pages for personal study? That's fair use by any meaningful
> definition, no matter how much the RIAA/MPAA/similar-copyright-nazis would
> like to redefine the meanings of perfectly clear words and phrases in the
> english language.
It is of course way off topic, but just so no one is confused, "fair
use" does not mean "use that anyone would consider fair", it refers
specifically to the fair use section of the copyright act, which lays
out very specific criteria. So the question of "perfectly clear words
and phrases" is not the issue. I suggest anyone interested actually
read the statute!
In the mean time, I've received those pages. I'll make sure to
ritually burn them when I finally receive the book.
To stray a bit further off topic, I'd actually much more enjoy the
book if I would not have to print out almost as many pages as the book
has to get all the errata. IMVHO very few books have a poorer
quality/price ratio than Muchnick, which is why I have never found it
worth it to buy it before. There should be a law that says you can
freely copy books with too many errata ;-)
Gr.
Steven
