Midknight Review -- new and revised: Midknight Review offers a review of Federal copyright law.

Copyright law as stated from the Feds:

This right [protection by service of copyright law] is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law (title 17, U. S. Code). One of the more important limitations is the doctrine of “fair use.” The doctrine of fair use has developed through a substantial number of court decisions over the years and has been codified in section 107 of the copyright law.

Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:

The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
The nature of the copyrighted work
The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work

Copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself. It does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work. READ MORE >>>

Editor's notes: Midknight Review is non-profit (kinda like my construction business was) AND non-commercial for a reason. Copyright law has everything to do with that decision.

Secondly, sites such as ours function for the obvious purpose of educating the reading audience of the facts and their consequences in the political domain.

Recently, 73,000 "download" sites were shut down by the Feds for copyright violations. Understand that these sites were a part of a block of sites on a server run by Word Press. They were not individually singled out.

If your individual site is in violation of copyright infringement and reported, you will receive a "cease and desist" order from the DMCA before further action (as in "shut down") is taken. It is understood that "fair use" laws allowing one to quote the work of another without permission are ambiguous in scope. How do we know ? The Feds admit to this problematic issue. Because of this ambiguity, notice is given and opportunity for compliance offered before action is taken.

It is not clear if notification is sent to a blog's registered email box or sent to the registered owner's address via snail mail . . . . but notice will be given.

If you comply in a timely fashion to the DMCA order, you will be fine.If you have not received a DMCA notice, you are not considered to be in violation of anything. Check your mail.

Example: let's say that you use a particular photo or piece of artwork in your blog's header. DMCA does not busy itself with checking out sites and looking for such "violations." If there was a complaint filed against you, by some sophomoric do-gooder or an angry liberal tattler, you would first receive notice and given opportunity to comply.

DMCA receives "informant" information by the hundreds, each day. For the most part, they dismiss these childish reports out of hand.

Acceptable downloads as per government documents include these considerations:

Verbatim quotes from public officials, quotes made in the public domain, any article in the public domain written or produced by government personnel or agencies, facts of any nature, information for the purpose of research or critical commentary.

Midknight Review is proud of our record of openness and compliance with current law and the charge of moral responsibility. Of course, we have never been accused of infringement and we intend to keep it that way.

We salute those conservative blogs that support the Patriot Movement exploding in this great Nation. We are looking at years of consistent work.

Note: look for the two sites hyperlinked in the right column for comprehensive review of the copyright law.

For further reseach, these sites, referenced in our right column , will be of great value:

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

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Midknight Review offers a review of Federal copyright law.

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