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Re: NEWS: Paramount is Shutting Down Trek Websites!!!
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John Declaris <declaris@pantheon.yale.edu> wrote:
> That brings up a very good point... fair use. Do the people who
>have Star Trek stuff on their website get money from the people who access
>the site? Are the people who have Star Trek stuff on their web pages
>getting any money or profit at all as it relates to their web pages and
>Star Trek? What about the web pages in other countries that have Star Trek
>stuff? Are they in violation >of international copyright law by having
>Star Trek stuff on their pages?
In order: Some of them. Some of them. What about them? Yes.
You seem to have a grossly incorrect idea of what "fair use" truly means.
It is NOT that you may freely use, rape, pillage, or plunder another's
copyrighted work as long as you, personally, do not take money for it.
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