John's favorite illegal ringtones

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> John wrote:
> > I respectfully disagree.
>
> Please, read about fair use. The "small size" component is only one of
> a number of necessary parts for fair use to apply. Your use does not
> satisfy any of the other components of fair use.
> http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...ter9/index.htm
> l
>
> > Copyright law does allow people to use copyrighted
> > songs and performances on cell phones (absent a
> > specific prohibition), just as it allows them to make
> > their own recordings
>
> I must be missing something here. Does this count as a prohibition:
> US Code Title 17 Chapter 1 Section 106:
> Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this
> title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the
> following:
> (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
>
>
> > In addition, these are
> > (b) short clips, not entire songs;
>
> The length only comes in to play with fair use exemptions. Since your
> use does not meet with any of the other fair use criteria, length is
> irrelevant.
>
> > and (c) less good than free clips on commercial download services
>
> Do you think that a pirate video tape vendor would get away with the
> argument that their video was obviously of inferior qualiity, and thus
> didn't interfere with the marketability of the original?
>
> Do I care that people are distributing low quality renditions of
> sections of songs without permission? Not in the slightest. I have no
> problem with it. I just don't want people to think that it's actually
> legal.

Thank you for that clarification. Maybe Navas will now wake up, take his
illegal ringtones off his website and apologize, since you proved him
wrong.

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Jack Zwick answered:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>
>>John wrote:
>>
>>>I respectfully disagree.
>>
>>Please, read about fair use. The "small size" component is only one of
>>a number of necessary parts for fair use to apply. Your use does not
>>satisfy any of the other components of fair use.
>>http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...ter9/index.htm
>>l
>>
>>
>>>Copyright law does allow people to use copyrighted
>>>songs and performances on cell phones (absent a
>>>specific prohibition), just as it allows them to make
>>>their own recordings
>>
>>I must be missing something here. Does this count as a prohibition:
>>US Code Title 17 Chapter 1 Section 106:
>>Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this
>>title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the
>>following:
>>(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
>>
>>
>>
>>>In addition, these are
>>>(b) short clips, not entire songs;
>>
>>The length only comes in to play with fair use exemptions. Since your
>>use does not meet with any of the other fair use criteria, length is
>>irrelevant.
>>
>>
>>>and (c) less good than free clips on commercial download services
>>
>>Do you think that a pirate video tape vendor would get away with the
>>argument that their video was obviously of inferior qualiity, and thus
>>didn't interfere with the marketability of the original?
>>
>>Do I care that people are distributing low quality renditions of
>>sections of songs without permission? Not in the slightest. I have no
>>problem with it. I just don't want people to think that it's actually
>>legal.
>
>
> Thank you for that clarification. Maybe Navas will now wake up, take his
> illegal ringtones off his website and apologize, since you proved him
> wrong.

And then maybe he'll finally take me up on my offer, and stick his thumb
up my ass. God, my Butt is WET with the thought of it.