Legitimidad de uso en noventa y nueve palabras

Gracias a esta nota, he descubierto una descripción de qué es uso legítimo, esto es, fair use, que personalmente no creo que sea lo mismo que las limitaciones de los derechos de autor que tenemos en la Europa continental.

I love music, movies, and books. I also love technology. I want to use technology to deliver the media I love anywhere, anywhen, with anyone.

This is fair use: I bought it, let me use it. I will tell all my friends about my favorite music. I might play it for them or even give them a digital version of a song. This is evangelism, not theft. This is advertising you cannot buy.

Restrictive copyright is like a vegetarian knife. You bought the knife, but if you cut meat with it, we’ll sue you. Excuse me? Let’s think again.

Creo que merece la pena pensar si realmente lo estamos protegiendo y qué es lo que perdemos si dejamos de valorarlo.