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Judge: posting shock jock clip to the web is "fair use"
arstechnica.com — Radio show host Michael Savage's copyright infringement claim against a Muslim rights group has been thrown out, with the judge ruling that the group acted well within the doctrine of fair use when it posted a clip from his show on its website. The case may be dead in the water for now, but likely won't remain there for long;
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- anchalsingh, on 07/28/2008, -3/+7that th e real effect of copy right
- vikramprashant, on 07/28/2008, -0/+7Idiots....
- PHiZ187, on 07/29/2008, -0/+2The way the system works is that Fair Use is a defense. It is something that you get to assert at your very expensive trial. One of the copyright reforms we need to see is Fair Use as a right, which you can assert pre-trial, without having to spend tens of thousands of dollars to show your innocence.
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