Timeline for If your processing of copyrighted material is a fair use, does it matter how you obtained it?
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| May 21 at 21:43 | comment | added | Barmar | @kaya3 That seems like a separate issue. | |
| May 21 at 19:54 | comment | added | kaya3 | "If the end result is fair use, you would not be infringing the copyright." ─ This is definitely not a given. If you obtained it via BitTorrent or some other peer-to-peer network, then most likely you have not just downloaded the content, but also uploaded it to others. The latter is copyright infringement even if you have a fair use defense for the former. I realise the question doesn't mention peer-to-peer file-sharing, but it's relevant for the broader question in the title "does it matter how you obtained it?" | |
| May 20 at 16:16 | comment | added | Trish | @preferred_anon Contract of adhesion: by using the escalator you agree not to sue the store for the escalator doing escalator stuff. | |
| May 20 at 15:47 | comment | added | Barmar | As long as the site makes the ToS reasonably noticeable (e.g. via a prominent link), you don't have to explicitly signify agreement. | |
| May 20 at 15:40 | comment | added | preferred_anon | If violating the ToS is a contract violation, how can you implicitly agree to them? A contract requires a meeting of the minds, and if I am never even presented with a copy of the ToS then surely I cannot be considered to have agreed to them? | |
| May 20 at 15:25 | history | answered | Barmar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |