hi murr,
u r incorrect when you state that profit has nothing to do with fair use.
fair use balances 4 elements:
1 the purpose and character of the use.
2 the nature of the copyrighted work.
3 the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to
the copyrighted work as a whole.
4 THE EFFECT OF THE USE ON THE POTENTIAL MARKET FOR, OR VALUE OF,
THE COPYRIGHTED WORK
element 4 is most definitely concerned with profit:)
if u r interested in studying the issue more see title 17 United States
Codes 101 et.seq.. (the section u write on is 107). u might find it
helpful to use www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html
hope it helps
ash
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, murr rhame wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, John R Levine wrote:
>
> > ... Turning email into a book is a separate issue, one of the
> > fair use criteria is the commercial potential of material,
> > and if it's valuable enough to put into a book, clearly the
> > author deserves a crack at the money to be earned thereby...
>
> To the best of my knowledge, profit has nothing to do with fair
> use criteria. Please cite a credible reference that supports
> your contention.
>
>
> - murr -
>
