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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (2322)	12/19/1998 1:34:00 PM
From: dennis michael patterson	Respond to of 99985

Thanks Elroy (I love your sister, daughter Judy)! Your statement of the law is, of course, correct. For the record, I have never asked for nor received (but have often declined) any money for anything I post or send to people. I make plenty of money trading. And I make that money because of the many people on this thread (and others)! As I have often said here and elsewhere, we are here to educate ourselves, each other, and to make money. I have done all three, and intend to continue. Thanks you all, bottoms up (with Krug)!

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (2322)	12/19/1998 5:14:00 PM
From: Kip518	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

As much as I appreciate the posting of Favors' reports on this thread, I think it is clearly a case of copyright infringement. This is not a situation of fair use for critique or educational purposes. It is published (I presume) without the author's permission and, while the poster does not profit from the distribution, it, in theory, deprives Favors of revenue from potential subscribers (#4 below). Factors set out in the Copyright Act and used by courts to determine whether a given use is fair use or copyright infringement are: (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is for commercial or nonprofit purposes, (2) the nature of the copyrighted work, (3) the amount or proportion of the original work that is used, and (4) the effect of the use on the "potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. .... the display of a copy of a work on a computer screen without the copyright owner's permission is a violation of the owner's exclusive right to display his or her work. Thus, the unauthorized posting (or uploading) of a copyrighted work on the information superhighway involves both making a copy and displaying a copy of the work, and is an infringement. uophx.edu

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (2322)	12/19/1998 11:59:00 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 99985

OT As an example, a college professor photocopies several chapters from several books written by others and provides this syllabus to his students. The school may charge a fee for the syllabus to defray the cost of photocopying, but it is not allowed to charge enough to earn a profit as this would no longer be free use. This used to be the case but in 1995-6 when I was teaching at Boston University we had to pay for copyright clearances from the publishers and then we had to pass the charges onto the students. The alternative was to palce a couple of copies on reserve in the library and let the students copy themselves. That was the limit allowed on fair use. But which country's copyright laws apply to the Internet? David