The fact that we filed suit shows how important the issue is to us. It may be unwise to make any significant change in our posture.

Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about. Copyright doesn't protect ideas, and copyright doesn't protect facts. . . . A number of people can write novels based on the same idea and still have freedom of expression.

Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about.

This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they may not have the rights.

They think they're being generous, but the burden is on the author and publisher. If it was fair use, you wouldn't be offering the opt-out.

In all likelihood, the Library of Congress and Dr. Billington will be consulting closely with the U.S. Copyright Office housed in the Library of Congress,