tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844319067330379742.post5759146459809041904..comments2024-03-28T21:57:49.615-07:00Comments on The Ginger (Law) Librarian: WEXIS Briefs Are Fair UseJamie J. Baker, JD, MLIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16573342022828603782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844319067330379742.post-63536521658050632742014-08-06T06:31:08.076-07:002014-08-06T06:31:08.076-07:00That's a good point, Mike. I wonder if it will...That's a good point, Mike. I wonder if it will open the floodgates. I bet it has something to do with the fact that court filings are considered to be public records, and it keeps in line with the Google Books & HathiTrust litigation. In my opinion, the big caveat, here, is the amount of money that WEXIS stands to make from other people's work, and I'm not sure I agree with the reasoning that it is so transformative that it outweighs the commercial nature in this instance.Jamie J. Baker, JD, MLIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573342022828603782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844319067330379742.post-3999608760023653222014-08-05T14:31:47.088-07:002014-08-05T14:31:47.088-07:00While this is a good outcome for librarians, pract...While this is a good outcome for librarians, practitioners, and students, it's a really terribly-reasoned decision with huge potential for abuse further on down the line. <br /><br />It's now fair use to wholly reproduce somebody else's written intellectual property for entirely commercial ends if you're using it for demonstrative purposes? I guess the second circuit will be fine with, say, me bundling the entire works of Stephen King in Kindle format and selling that with the express purpose of teaching my customers to write like a billionaire suspense author.Mike Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867400198900989157noreply@blogger.com