Re: [digital-copyright] Re: Reproducing visual art

[Brandon Butler <brandon@xxxxxxx>]

Let me put it differently, and perhaps more directly: the risk is often so
close to zero that to pretend there is no risk is perfectly rational. My
previous post focused too much on weighing risk and reward in cases where the
risk may be nontrivial, but it is a triumph of misinformation (including the
DVD warnings you mentioned) that educators and others treat too many risks as
nontrivial.

Or, to put it more colloquially, lighten up! The law's not so bad. Fair use
has been on the ascendant in this country for over two decades, now. Let's
enjoy it!

Best,
Brandon

On Apr 5, 2013, at 14:09, "Robert Thomas Hayes Link" <rl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Brandon:
>
> Thanks for the name drop.
>
> You wrote, "...to treat copyright-encumbered culture as if it doesn't
> exist, to leave it out of our lectures, our scholarship, etc. would
> be a huge injustice to culture."
>
> Then let's get to changing the laws which make it dangerous, but don't
> pretend there is no avoidable risk, by which I mean threats to liberty
> of person as well as property of institutions, when using content not
> actually and literally free for the use in question, as every DVD
> reminds one in clear and certain terms.
>
> Becoming competent in obtaining actual permission is not so hard as to
> place the 20th century beyond the grasp of the sincere and determined.
> It is probably a better investment of one's time than trying to guess
> the outcome of suits that need not be provoked.
>
> ymmv & iaMl
>
> Peace,
>
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