Comments on: Unfair Use Can Sometimes Be Fair http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/unfair-use-can-sometimes-be-fair/ Exploring The Intersections Of Technology and Society Thu, 24 May 2012 19:59:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sbspalding http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/unfair-use-can-sometimes-be-fair/comment-page-1/#comment-22722 sbspalding Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:35:46 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/unfair-use-can-sometimes-be-fair/#comment-22722 That is an -excellent- point. If they had asked, this could have been resolved before the problem began. That is an -excellent- point. If they had asked, this could have been resolved before the problem began.

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/unfair-use-can-sometimes-be-fair/comment-page-1/#comment-22721 Sameer Vasta Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:09:13 +0000 http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/unfair-use-can-sometimes-be-fair/#comment-22721 Here's another angle that has nothing to do with the legal business: the Richter-Scales didn't ask nicely. Had they asked, or even had they responded to Lane in a nice and respectful manner instead of getting a lawyer involved, all of this could have been avoided.<br><br>Derek's got a great post on this, where he says something super important: "It’s time that we develop some ethical practices for the creation of collaborative media. Simply asking for permission to use someone else’s work is a good place to start."<br><br>Here's the link: <a href="http://powazek.com/posts/836">http://powazek.com/posts/836</a> Here's another angle that has nothing to do with the legal business: the Richter-Scales didn't ask nicely. Had they asked, or even had they responded to Lane in a nice and respectful manner instead of getting a lawyer involved, all of this could have been avoided.

Derek's got a great post on this, where he says something super important: “It’s time that we develop some ethical practices for the creation of collaborative media. Simply asking for permission to use someone else’s work is a good place to start.”

Here's the link: http://powazek.com/posts/836

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