heidi: (legally)
[personal profile] heidi
I just posted here on [livejournal.com profile] fandom_lawyers about this case in which the Northern District of California stated that the Fair Use doctrine "permits limited use of copyright materials without the owner's permission."

A very important case for vidders, ficcers, wrockers, fanartists, teachers, librarians, academics, and basically anyone who creates transformative works of any type.

Well, I thought at least one part of the court's ruling was


ETA: Okay, this was really incongruous among all the SGA Is Cancelled and Devon Murray Isn't Coming to Dragon*Con misery on my flist. I don't even have a good LOLcat involving/invoking the court's ruling in the Universal case! But I'd love one!

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Date: 2008-08-21 02:38 am (UTC)
ancarett: (Never Surrender Galaxy Quest)
From: [personal profile] ancarett
Hey, that is a sparkly, shiny, happy thing! Thanks for sharing the news.

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Date: 2008-08-21 03:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] annearchy.livejournal.com
*tosses sparkly confetti* :D

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Date: 2008-08-21 12:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ella-bane.livejournal.com
Are you going to Dragon Con? I thought I saw your name heading one of the panels? I can't remember!

BTW, I was ella_bane. I'm not a stalker, I swear!

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