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Originally Posted by Scootermuze
Copyright: The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work.
To clarify... Exclusive means that the creator/author/assigns are the ONLY people legally permitted to do what you're doing...
It says nothing about protection from plagarism... which has it's own set of laws..
Perhaps Canada should use a word other than, "copyright" in their laws.. It has a meaning..
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actually the act says
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"Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:|
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where section 107 (fair use)
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Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
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the act goes on to explain the rules on how to courts should define other fair uses (see timeshifting in the betamax case) but once that fair use rights the exclusive rights granted under sections 106 and 106 a DO NOT APPLY (that what notwithstanding means)
for the scope of fair use you have no copyright therefore you have no exclusive rights
I suggest you check out the site defendfairuse.org your misrepresentation (pretending the notwithstanding clause does not exist) is exactly the type of abuse that this group is designed to fight against.