RE: electronic journals CCC

[Edward Barrow <edward@copyweb.co.uk>]

On 03 May 2001 22:07, Adrian Alexander [SMTP:alexandera@lindahall.org] wrote:
> While we, on the other side, believe that fair use should be viewed as a
> "format neutral" tenet of copyright that is a fundamental public policy
> issue.

As it stands, this is a fair statement. But fair use is judged
substantially, if not exclusively, on its economic impact - the fourth
factor of a fair use analysis; and the economic impact of digital as
compared to photocopy or print-on-paper copying is potentially quite
different.  So while no publisher, as far as I know, claims that fair use
does not apply in the digital environment, its scope may well be different
because its economic impact will be different.


Edward Barrow
New media copyright consultant
edward@copyweb.co.uk

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