I ran across a website recently where the author stated the following about the content in his pages:
I mean, if this were actually a reasonable application of copyright, wouldn't a lot of online 'zines use the same language to protect people from saving copies of stories or articles rather than returning to their site or purchasing some type of subscription?
This fascinated me, because I've never see anyone try to ban first-generation personal copies of public work, which I understand to be valid fair use. I expect the author doesn't have a leg to stand on with his copyright in the US, but since copyright is an interesting and sometimes tricky subject, I thought I'd see if I'm wrong. Can you really ban people from printing a page of your website out for their own use as a copyright violation?As this page is copyrighted and formally registered, it is unlawful to make copies, especially in the form of printouts for personal use. If you wish to make a printout for personal use, you are granted one-time permission only if you PayPay Me $5 per printout or part thereof.
I mean, if this were actually a reasonable application of copyright, wouldn't a lot of online 'zines use the same language to protect people from saving copies of stories or articles rather than returning to their site or purchasing some type of subscription?