Re: [NTLK] Terry Pratchett Newton Books

From: dano <dano_at_well.com>
Date: Tue Aug 15 2006 - 10:43:00 EDT

>
> >>From: Robert Masters
>
> >Alas, being very much in copyright, you would need to get permission
> >from either Pterry or his publisher to do so.
>
> >Or wait 50-70 years.

At 3:18 PM +0100 8/15/06, Martin Queen wrote:
>Yeah but hey I've spent 15 quid on the each of the last 15 novels the
>week they came out on hardback so I think Terry being a very resonable
>man would not be all that fussed about me having a newton book copy of
>Mort of the Light Fantastic.
>
>Copyright is way too overblown by some people in my humble opinion.
>Its like getting upitty about being 5 miles per hour over the speed
>limit. Fair enough your not supposed to do it but hey everyone does
>and if you get caught then fair cop.
>
>My own opinion I hope I don't get flamed for it.

You are allowed. It's called Fair Use, and it is a statutory concept
in US copyright law (at least for a little while yet).

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