I wrote a long series on fair use and on copyright (see the last 4 posts at http://briandupont.wordpress.com/)but the central issue for me is that if you put an idea out into the culture as an artifact (be it philosophical, aesthetic, etc)then the culture has a corresponding right to respond to it in kind (as fair use). Intellectual property rights do not give the author the right to dictate response to their work.
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Rights vs. Responsibility
I wrote a long series on fair use and on copyright (see the last 4 posts at http://briandupont.wordpress.com/)but the central issue for me is that if you put an idea out into the culture as an artifact (be it philosophical, aesthetic, etc)then the culture has a corresponding right to respond to it in kind (as fair use). Intellectual property rights do not give the author the right to dictate response to their work.