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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
Copying another's work is not 'expression'
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Hmm interesting, I think that's a very good point. Your not adding or detracting from the work, in essence its unchanged. However quoting someone to express an opinion you're holding yourself doesn't change or add to the work.
In terms of just the definition, I think your very close to being correct, especially in terms of whole works being copied. But whole works of forbidden authors have been copied with litterature against dictatorships etc, as a means of people to express themselves.
Maybe it'd be closer to say, that copying someones work might be a way of expressing yourself, but so is walking up to someone you don't like and punching him in the face. Not all ways of expressing yourself is valid? I don't know, just found that sentence above to hit a key, but I can't figure out why.
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Btw. I'd argue that fair use is hideously restrictive, which is obvious by some of the blatant and somewhat ridiculous lawsuits we're seeing, but thats not the discussion here
