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April 19, 2013 12:45 pm PDT
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What happened to Waxy was terrible, but fair use works better than he thinks it does
Earlier this week, I blogged Andy "Waxy" Baio's speech on fair use, called "The New Prohibition." Andy got hit with a legal threat for making a limited edition 8-bit remix of a famous photo and ended up paying $35,000 to settle the claim, even though he thought he had fair use on his side. As [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mWzb8vf05M0/story01.htm
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