Critic's Corner

Posted by John Atkinson (R) on March 19, 2017 at 05:20:08

In Reply to: RE: Indeed. And yet ... posted by Isaak J. Garvey on March 18, 2017 at 20:41:39

>Again, I remind you, of fair use:
>#Uses That Are Generally Fair Uses#
#Criticism and comment -- for example, quoting or excerpting a work in a
>review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment#

Please note that under US copyright law, Fair Use is not a right but a
defense in a potential suit over infringement. Whether that defense would
be successful depends on how much of the original copyrighted work has
been quoted. If someone quotes 30 words of a 3000-word article, a Fair Use
defense would certainly succeed. If someone quotes all 3000 words, a Fair
Use defense would certainly fail. The question of where the dividing line
lies tends to be decided on a case-by-case basis, but generally favoring
the copyright owner, as far as I am aware.

In your case, while you didn't republish the entire work, you did quote
a relatively large proportion of the work, without either permission,
attribution, or a link to the original.

>The only thing I forgot to do was provide a link. Which I then did at
>your request.

And the attribution, which you also "forgot." It would have cost you
nothing either to ask for permission (which I would have given) or to
add attribution and link, yet you did neither.

>No, you were looking to get the thread deep sixed with name calling. You
>have done this numerous times before.

Really? Could you provide links to the "numerous" examples, please, Dick.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile