Erik Moeller wrote:
Sure. Fair use is a rare exception to the rule that we
should not use
copyrighted materials.
And it is one which we should approach with great caution. I would be
in favor of never relying on "fair use" at all, except that it would
be silly and close to impossible to do so, particularly since ordinary
quotes from copyrighted texts are "fair use". Shall we have a rule
that we can't quote a few words from a copyrighted text? Absurd, I
think.
Even so, caution is warranted, because re-users might not be in the
same position vis a vis fair use as we are. And we should be
sensitive to that.
--Jimbo