THIS IS SATIRE == IT IS NOT TRUE AND I DO NOT DISTRIBUTE CR MATERIAL OUTSIDE FAIR USE more on (Satire) Expanding the "Google Print" Concept to Other Media

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
Date: October 24, 2005 12:57:05 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net, Tim O'Reilly <tim () oreilly com>, Lawrence Lessig  
<lessig () pobox com>, Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on (Satire) Expanding the "Google Print"  
Concept to Other Media


Dave, Tim - I picked up the following news story, which is apparently  
in the public domain... though I could be wrong, since as Larry  
Lessig points out, it is quite difficult to place a work in the  
public domain.  Feel free to share it with your readers.

- David

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Rumor: Noted Internet risk commentator, Lauren Weinstein, is  
beginning to explore undertaking a class action lawsuit against one  
David Farber for repeatedly extracting copyrighted works and  
distributing them in whole and in part via email.  Weinstein, a   
fervent critic of many forms of "fair use," has not yet replied to  
this and other reporters' questions regarding his role as (as far as  
we know unpaid) advocate for the American Association of Publishers,  
apparently holding his tongue until such time as the decision is made  
to pursue the class action suit.

Weinstein is said to believe that "satire" (which he attempts to  
practice) is one of the very, very few exceptions that justify fair  
use, thus Farber's quite serious examination of controversial  
subjects joins Google Print in overreaching on copyright.

Weinstein, a copyright fundamentalist, shares the constitutional view  
that copyright is a fundamental right granted exclusively to those  
Americans and corporations who are wealthy enough to control large  
pools of capital sufficient to invest in lawyers and lobbyists, in  
order to promote investment in the useful arts of extracting the  
creative and scientific contributions of ordinary people,  
transferring control of public knowledge permanently to those heirs  
who are ordained, by birth or luck, to control the intellectual  
capital of the country.

Asked if there is a social good to be obtained by excerpting  
copyrighted works in such a way as to encourage others to read, cite,  
and comment on them, Weinstein stated: "any RISK at all to the  
holders of copyright is too much to balance even the smallest social  
benefit."   Weinstein has profited a great deal in the past from his  
work raising extreme fears of technological progress on many fronts,  
and controls a variety of media outlets in print, audio, and  
broadcast that publish his broadsides that focus on real and imagined  
dangers.

Copyright 2005, Anonymous. The anonymous author grants all rights to  
reproduce copies of the above piece to the public, in all ways and  
all media, in whole or in part except ways that might lead to a  
lawsuit against the author or those who reprint or otherwise  
reproduce it.  In any use, attribution to "Anonymous" must be clearly  
included, along with a reference to this license.
Signed: Anonymous,  October 24, 2005.



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