More fallout from Asper’s speech
The debate over Leonard Asper’s speech has continued on the Canadian Association of Journalists’s mailing list (much of it focusing on the use of an ellipsis), and in the op-ed and letters to the editor pages of The Globe and Mail (no doubt relishing a chance to criticize its competitor’s owner.
Also, a publication called Palestine Chronicle has picked up, and reprinted Neil MacDonald’s op-ed piece in what appears to be a blatant act of copyright infringement justified by a extremely generous interpretation of fair use. A disclaimer reads, in part:
The Palestine Chronicle may occasionally contain copyrighted material the use of which may not always have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The Palestine Chronicle is making such material available in its effort to advance understanding of humanitarian, education, democracy, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material…