Comments on: Fair Use? http://techliberation.com/2007/08/27/fair-use/ The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Brian Moore http://techliberation.com/2007/08/27/fair-use/#comment-48875 Brian Moore Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:54:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/27/fair-use/#comment-48875 Okay, Nixon Peabody, so you made a song. The song says: "we are awesome!" Then someone found the song and put it somewhere lots of people heard it. And you complained about it? That is free advertising! You weren't going to charge anyone to hear it. And you threatened to sue them for it?<br><br>I know a few hundred local businesses with just as bad theme songs on the radio who would kill for someone to give it national coverage. There's no conceivable way this harmed the company at all. Okay, Nixon Peabody, so you made a song. The song says: “we are awesome!” Then someone found the song and put it somewhere lots of people heard it. And you complained about it? That is free advertising! You weren’t going to charge anyone to hear it. And you threatened to sue them for it?

I know a few hundred local businesses with just as bad theme songs on the radio who would kill for someone to give it national coverage. There’s no conceivable way this harmed the company at all.

]]> By: Brian Moore http://techliberation.com/2007/08/27/fair-use/#comment-39243 Brian Moore Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:54:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/27/fair-use/#comment-39243 Okay, Nixon Peabody, so you made a song. The song says: "we are awesome!" Then someone found the song and put it somewhere lots of people heard it. And you complained about it? That is free advertising! You weren't going to charge anyone to hear it. And you threatened to sue them for it? I know a few hundred local businesses with just as bad theme songs on the radio who would kill for someone to give it national coverage. There's no conceivable way this harmed the company at all. Okay, Nixon Peabody, so you made a song. The song says: “we are awesome!” Then someone found the song and put it somewhere lots of people heard it. And you complained about it? That is free advertising! You weren’t going to charge anyone to hear it. And you threatened to sue them for it?

I know a few hundred local businesses with just as bad theme songs on the radio who would kill for someone to give it national coverage. There’s no conceivable way this harmed the company at all.

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