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Fair Use of Citizen Journalism Photos by Big Media
Citizen Paine has a bunch of links about a fair use debate regarding big media use of citizen created content (Use of G8 Protest Pics Stirs Fair-Use Debate). It isn't only big media that wants too much control through copyright.
If Lessig says "Fair Use is the right to hire a lawyer", perhaps this case refines it to "Fair use is having a bigger litigation budget than the other guy".
Irrespective of whether Indymedia should bless KRON-TV's complimentary use of their images, this case does help ridicule the obvious flaws in copyright as applied online.
Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
Ernest Miller's blog postings can also be found @
1. Crosbie Fitch on July 12, 2005 05:09 AM writes...
If Lessig says "Fair Use is the right to hire a lawyer", perhaps this case refines it to "Fair use is having a bigger litigation budget than the other guy".
Irrespective of whether Indymedia should bless KRON-TV's complimentary use of their images, this case does help ridicule the obvious flaws in copyright as applied online.
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