An Open Letter to Harper on Fair Use
June 3, 2011
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“Thus, borrowing and modifying contemporary American and Israeli law*, I propose the following text for an amended Bill C-32:
… unauthorized use of a copyrighted work is permitted for purposes such as: research, private study, criticism, review, parody, satire, journalistic reporting, and quotation.”
He should add indexing