http://madisonian.net/2005/06/06/more-on-licensing/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://madisonian.net/2005/06/06/more-on-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-3793 Ed Felten Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:50:30 +0000 /?p=215#comment-3793 You're looking at the question backward. Don't ask where users get the authority to make noninfringing use of copyrighted works. Users have that right inherently, in the absence of some law to the contrary. Ask instead where the copyright owner gets the authority to restrict noninfringing uses. You’re looking at the question backward. Don’t ask where users get the authority to make noninfringing use of copyrighted works. Users have that right inherently, in the absence of some law to the contrary. Ask instead where the copyright owner gets the authority to restrict noninfringing uses.

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