Z:gnu-www-ja-misinterpreting-copyright--c9b4d2-Once the publishers have obtai/en

Once the publishers have obtained assent to the policy goal of maximizing publication output at any cost, their next step is to infer that this requires giving them the maximum possible powers&mdash;making copyright cover every imaginable use of a work, or applying some other legal tool such as &ldquo;shrink wrap&rdquo; licenses to equivalent effect. This goal, which entails the abolition of &ldquo;fair use&rdquo; and the &ldquo;right of first sale,&rdquo; is being pressed at every available level of government, from states of the US to international bodies.