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Re: [dvd-discuss] Going on the offense.
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Going on the offense.
- From: "Jeremy A Erwin" <jerwin(at)gmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 15:47:28 -0400
- In-Reply-To: <20010910212325.A15370@lemuria.org>
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On Monday, September 10, 2001, at 03:23 PM, Tom wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:33:55PM -0400, Kurt Hockenbury wrote:
>> Laws requiring companies to give you a complete list of all data they
>> have
>> collected on you, and you being allowed to revise it (similar to credit
>> reports, but for privacy information).
>
> a law including, but not limited to, this is actually fairly standard
> in western europe
>
That's currently the case for "fair use". Fair use existed as a judicial
doctrine delineating the scope of copyright. Congress used the term in
the 1976 copyright bill-- subsequently the court in (I believe) (Sony v.
Universal 464 US 417), the S.C. decided that the legislative definition
was a bit too narrow.
Jeremy