Konrath is never boring:
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2013/04/fair-use.html
Quote:
So many writers seem unduly concerned about copyright infringement. On one hand, if someone makes a film called AFRAID and uses my plot and characters without paying me, then releases that film nationwide, I'm going to sue.
But if someone makes a student film out of AFRAID to show on YouTube without monetizing it, go for it.
Want to write a song about a book I wrote? Knock yourself out.
Share my ebooks with your family? Go for it.
Quote a paragraph I wrote in your work? Be my guest.
Sample my voice and put it in a song? Cool.
Seed a Jack Kilborn torrent? Enjoy yourself.
Sell your used copy of WHISKEY SOUR, paper or ebook or audio, to somebody else? No problem. I'm for first-sale doctrine.
I define "fair use" as: You can do whatever you want with my intellectual property, as long as you're doing it without intending to make money. Once you want to make money from it, get in touch and we'll try to work something out.
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There is more... though he stops a bit short of explaining *how* copyright law is going to have to change to accomodate digital fair use. (For example, I can see a DRM regime that says: Buys an ebook new, you can resell it--buy it used, you cannot.)
It's a good start to a conversation that needs to happen.