DaveH asks Gary: > You've repeatedly posted copyright material > on TT. Doesn't that violate copyright restrictions?
I'm not a lawyer, Dave, but my understanding is that there is no problem with copying portions of an author's material for noncommercial use. The copyright laws are meant to protect the author from Gary going out and trying to make money off of the author's work. There also would be another problem, and that is if Gary's activity somehow hurt the author's sales. For example, if people did not need to buy the author's work because Gary provided it to them free of charge. Posting lyrics to songs on TruthTalk does not damage the author from my perspective. If anything, it might provide free advertising for him, maybe even help his sales if people get interested in the author's work because of what Gary has posted. The bottom line is that one must look at whether or not any damage is done to the author when copying his material. David Miller ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
