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| DATE | 2026-05-08 |
| FROM | Richard Stallman
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] amicus - complaint cleaned version...
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> 1. This decision strengthens fair use.
> 2. If the upcoming decision goes the right way, it will greatly strengthen
> fair use, and will incentivize the defense of fair use, rather than
> surrendering fair use fights.
> 3. The organization prefers a wider weakening of copyright
> 4. Therefore, supporting this decision does not go far enough
I think this far you correctly understand Ruben's position. But I
think this item
> 5. Accordingly, the choice being made is to not support the decision
> supporting fair use, because it wouldn't actually abolish enough copyright
> problems.
is a misunderstanding of what he said about that point.
I don't speak for Ruben, but looking at what he wrote, I think what he
objects to is NOT that the draft advocates less change than he seeks,
but rather that it explicitly endorses one aspect of current copyright
law which he disagrees with. (Specifically, it endorses having
fair uses only as a defense against accusations of infringement
rather than as an explicit right.)
His attitude makes sense to me. I could support at action which
refrains, for tactical reasons, from demanding a change I advocate,
but if it asserted something contrary to my views, I could not support
it.
--
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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