Monday, February 25, 2008

Copyright and Fair Use LR

12. A student tries to digitize the shower scene from a rented copy of Psycho into a "History of Horror" report. Her computer won't do it. The movie happens to be on an NBC station that week, so the teacher tapes it and then digitizes it on the computer for her. This is fair use.

This makes me mad it is just splitting hairs. In the end it is the same material that they are using. I don't see how a rented copy is any different then one that is copied. I almost think that the rented copy is more fair because at least the person paid for it.

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