on Dale Larson/copyright

[Jules Siegel]

At 08:51 AM 05/1/97 -0500, meikle at mail.utexas.edu (Jeffrey Meikle) wrote:

>None of us, that I know of, has signed a contract with P-List or with
>Andrew to publish us.  The P-List archive is like a rare manuscript
>archive.  We retain our rights to every single word until we sign them
>away.  And even if some judge determines that P-List postings are NOT like
>manuscripts but ARE like published articles or books, fair use would permit
>only limited usage, say a paragraph of direct quotation from a 10-paragraph
>rant, or a couple of sentences from this post, but it doesn't permit use
>without permission of the whole thing.  In the current instance (i.e.
>Lineland), I personally don't care.

Agree fully.

>But if someone had the dough to take it to court, they just might win.

They wouldn't, because I have scrupulously followed the accepted rules of
fair use just as you have pretty much outlined in the first paragraph. If it
does turn out that I have somehow inadvertently infringed someone's
copyright, what would he or she "win" after his or her legal battle? None of
the material I quoted has any commercial value on its own. Do you go to
court for a symbolic award of $25?


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