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RE: Clarification (RE: "Fair Use" Is Getting Unfair Treatment)

> Your metaphor doesn't' work because it isn't a house. You have
> leased rented
> or in the case of a DVD or CD sold me an item that I have a right to use.

Assuming I own (or have rented) the DVD or CD, that's absolutely true, and
my analogy doesn't apply well in that case.  It applies more, I think, in
the context of proprietary databases, which were the topic when I first
introduced that analogy.

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