[p2p-research] Fwd: [cc-community] Copyright and text fragments‎;

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks jeremy!

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

>   On 15/05/2010, at 5:00 PM, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
>  it depends on jurisdiction, for example in the U.S. the rules of fair
> use, which may not exist in other countries
>
> Jeremy in cc may have a source to verify this, such as an international
> comparison of copyright restrictions they publish annually,
>
>
> Thanks but I'm on the cc-community list anyway, Michel. :-)  The comparison
> that he's talking about is our IP Watchlist which you can find at
> http://A2Knetwork.org/watchlist <http://a2knetwork.org/watchlist>.  There
> are various exceptions which may apply to copying "one or two sentences" -
> some countries that may not have "fair use" will still have a specific
> exception for "quotations" (but sometimes this only applies to reporting the
> news).  Also, case law in some countries provides that making quotations
> does not amount to copying of a "substantial part" of a textual work.  So,
> in most countries quotations are generally fine.  In the few countries where
> it is not legally fine, it is still tolerated.  I'll try to incorporate some
> of this into the wiki.
>
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