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0 pointslacrimacida2y ago0 comments

When it becomes a service where you make money but the source doesn’t is it still fair use?

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whythre2y ago· 3 in thread

Yeah. No one is out there suing the shit out of cliff notes because they published a summary of Catcher in the Rye.

they might if cliff notes starting copy pasting parts of the source into their articles and passing it off as original writing though :)

hn_acker2y ago

Newspapers generally don't "pass off" quotes as their own writing. They make clear which parts they quoted.

throwuwu2y ago

The Tolkien estate should get busy suing all the fantasy writers, comic artists, game developers and board and card game companies. Lots of cash there.

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