copyright quotes

[Louis Cornelio <clairmnt@n2.net>]

no troll, no flame fest {yeah sure, it has to happen no matter what, I 
spose} but I did spot this in the local paper from news report on 
napster & figured as it is perennial dead horse to flog, why not a word 
directly from the register of copyrights for the U.S. Copyright Office?

July 31, 2000 
<snip>
"Every one of the new technologies, had you been there at the debate, 
you would have heard that this technology was the killer application," 
says Marybeth Peters, the register of copyrights for the U.S. Copyright 
Office. "The debate really happened like you are hearing it today."

<snip>

U.S. copyright law includes a "doctrine of fair use" which allows copies 
to be made and used without permission depending on, among other things, 
if the copying is for a nonprofit purpose, and the possible effect on 
the market for the work. The doctrine calls for a case-by-case analysis.

<snip>

"There has always been a concept that certain uses of copyrighted works 
will be tolerated when, in fact, there is no economic harm to the 
copyright owner," Peters says.

<end of provocative news report>