Re: Looking for specific pages from Muchnick's book

["Steven Bosscher" <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>]

On 3/8/07, Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com> wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>
> >   A few pages for personal study?  That's fair use by any meaningful
> > definition, no matter how much the RIAA/MPAA/similar-copyright-nazis would
> > like to redefine the meanings of perfectly clear words and phrases in the
> > english language.
>
> It is of course way off topic, but just so no one is confused, "fair
> use" does not mean "use that anyone would consider fair", it refers
> specifically to the fair use section of the copyright act, which lays
> out very specific criteria. So the question of "perfectly clear words
> and phrases" is not the issue. I suggest anyone interested actually
> read the statute!

In the mean time, I've received those pages.  I'll make sure to
ritually burn them when I finally receive the book.

To stray a bit further off topic, I'd actually much more enjoy the
book if I would not have to print out almost as many pages as the book
has to get all the errata. IMVHO very few books have a poorer
quality/price ratio than Muchnick, which is why I have never found it
worth it to buy it before. There should be a law that says you can
freely copy books with too many errata ;-)

Gr.
Steven