"Fair Use" Not in OED

[Dennis R. Preston]

David,

No distinction of the sort you seek whatsoever; the distinction is
between "ordinary collocation" and "legal term."

dInIs

PS: I'm glad I provided you with this exercise.

>I have repeated the two fair uses posited by Dennis until I can no longer
>feel sure of a distinction, if I ever did.
>
>Is this a matter of stress and juncture?  Is there something akin to white
>house and white house or light house and lighthouse.
>
>Regards,
>David
>
>American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> writes:
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>>How do we know when a term is a term. If I said
>>
>>"He didn't make very fair use of his background advantages among his
>>schoolmates" I take that not to be a term.
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>>But if I say
>>
>>"That's not in accordance with the fair use principle of copyright."
>>
>>it is.
>>
>>Might not the 1847 use be part of the birth of a term rather than a
>>term itself? How can we tell the difference between a completely
>>transparent collocation and its emergence as a term?
>>
>>Just thinkin.
>>
>>dInIs
>>
>>>          I understand that the term is used in Curtis, A Treatise on
>>the
>>>Law of Copyright 236 - 37 (1847), in the chapter on Infringement of
>>>Copyright, the first paragraph of which reportedly includes this
>>>passage:  "[W]e must bear in mind that while the primary object
>>of the
>>>law of copyright is protection to the product of all literary labor,
>>the
>>>interests of knowledge demand a reasonable freedom in the use of all
>>>antecedent literature. To administer the law in such a manner as not
>>to
>>>curtail the fair use of existing materials, in any department of
>>>letters, is one of the great tasks of jurisprudence."
>>>
>>>
>>>John Baker
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
>>Behalf
>>>Of Fred Shapiro
>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:50 AM
>>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>>Subject: "Fair Use" Not in OED
>>>
>>>The copyright law term _fair use_ is not in OED.  The coinage is said
>>to
>>>occur in the case of Lawrence v. Dana, 15 Fed. Cas. 26 (1869).
>>>
>>>Fred Shapiro
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>>Dennis R. Preston
>>University Distinguished Professor
>>Department of English
>>15C Morrill Hall
>>Michigan State University
>>East Lansing, MI 48824
>>517-353-4736
>>preston at msu.edu
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
15C Morrill Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-4736
preston at msu.edu

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