[sumo] Mark Buckton is attacking Le Monde du Sumo !!!

[Eric Turner]

I am also NOT a lawyer, and this is from U.S. law, so I don't know if it's
applicable to France, Japan or anything else, but I found this interesting:

the Copyright Act of
1976<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Act_of_1976>,
17 U.S.C. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Code> §
107<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html>,
: 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.

It's the "news reporting" phrase that caught my attention.  Still, as others
have noted, this is a complex issue and incompletely addressed by any court
system so far.

FWIW

On 11/3/06, Juergen Hader <jhsumo at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Keri Sibley schrieb/wrote:
>
> > SFM magazine is providing pictures and articles to the public domain.
>
> Where do they explicitely say so? And if they don't, please see Myth #2
> under <http://www.glamourmodels.com/resources/articles/070903.html>
>
> For all I've read, the author's point of view is shared by most courts
> (at least here in Germany).
>
> > I see the internet as it was intended, not as the form it's been
> > hijacked into.
>
> I know what you mean, but I think that 'justice' doesn't. And as much as
> I dislike Mr. Buckton's behaviour and possible motives, I am afraid he
> would have the law on his side.
>
> Bye.
> Juergen,
> (un?)fortunately not a lawyer.
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