>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
You're ("u r") right. I think the confusion is because many people
think that you can use a copyrighted work in any way you wish as long as
you, yourself, don't profit from it. That's wrong, of course, as your
citation points out.
Since a message is automatically copyrighted by the person who creates
it, you technically should have permission before posting it somewhere
else. It's also a matter of courtesy to ask. I ask permission unless
the message is obviously something the sender wants to have spread
around (such as a press release).
-- Roger
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