Gideongallery:
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just make sure to protect the right of copyright holders to steal from competitors by giving them a free pass when they misrepresent fair use as infringing action
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Generally, copyright holders don't steal from their competitors. Sometimes, ownership issues arise from badly written contracts and works done on a hand-shake; but, the courts and arbitrators usually work out compromises and the ownership issues.
If you use the intellectual property that belongs to someone else outside of licensing or the "fair use" provisions, you are not a competitor.....
you are a thief.
A competitor CREATES similar
original content. A thief creates nothing and just steals content.
Let's keep our terminology correct.
And, content owners have every right to protect their interests and the value of their content.
Just my opinion.
