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Old 08-15-2009, 01:37 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Nautilus View Post
Where it said fair use should take priority? Quote this part.
once when defining the exclusive rights of the copyright holder 106

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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:

and a second time when they defined the fair use rights (section 107)

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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.
the first prefesses the exclusive right with requirement to recognize section 107 thru 122

the second explictly exclude the exclusive rights (notwithstanding ....) and explictly declared fair use as "not an infringement of copyright"
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