If the higher court upholds this magistrate judge's ruling, then *all* clipping becomes a crime, and the subjects of criticism will have a ready tool to silence any critic. This obliterates fair use, wipes it off the statute-book. It welds shut copyright's escape valve for free expression.
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Cory Doctorow
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