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Originally Posted by sarah_hornik
For me, it's more about community ethics and respect than what the law says or doesn't say.
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Hear, hear! I agree with this wholeheartedly.
The sad truth is that laws exist to cover areas where individuals can't conduct themselves according to ethics alone (I'm speaking in very broad terms here - not about specific people involved or lurking on this thread). Clearly, copyright is a huge and still mostly grey area. It does attempt to provide some degree of protection, however, and there is very clear indications in the act that ignorance of the law is not an excuse for going forward and committing copyright infringement.
FTR, I'm not in the US either. Our laws in Canada provide similar protections though the wording may be slightly different.
Thank you, Pam -- for taking the time to compile the information. It seems very clear and even more so in the form you've presented it in. As for the desire to reinterpret some sections of it to read other than what it says, I suppose that's why defense attorneys exist.