July 10, 2003

Derek disputes Posner's dicta in Madster

"For now, let's talk about Posner's interesting dicta in Madster. On page 6 of the decision, Posner says that time-shifting a TV program for permanent storage ("librarying") is an infringement and so is commercial skipping, which "amounted to creating an unauthorized derivative work" that would reduce the copyright's holders ability to make money (thus not qualifying for fair use, presumably)." [A Copyfighter's Musing] [see also What Napster Should Have Said (Part 1)]


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