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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Well, I am currently reading Under the Dome digitally. I will recieve another copy on my kindle on December 24.
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The darknet is currently clearly illegal in the US, but see
How Team Tenenbaum missed a chance to shape P2P fair use law:
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But what's striking about the judge's memo is her frank admission that she might have gone along with a more limited form of this defense.
"As it made clear previously, the Court was prepared to consider a more expansive fair use argument than other courts have credited—perhaps one supported by facts specific to this individual and this unique period of rapid technological change. For example, file sharing for the purposes of sampling music prior to purchase or space-shifting to store purchased music more efficiently might offer a compelling case for fair use. Likewise, a defendant who used the new file-sharing networks in the technological interregnum before digital media could be purchased legally, but who later shifted to paid outlets, might also be able to rely on the defense."
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This is just one federal judge, but publishers need to be careful not to assume that the law will be on their side no matter what games they try to play.