Here. No love for an exception for noncommercial user-generated content (Canada's YouTube exception), but at least some support for the viability and importance of fair use, including discussion of the OTW's contributions. What is a bit aggravating is the apparent belief that, because the noncommercial/commercial barrier is permeable, it is therefore of little significance to policy--after all, some noncommercial users might grow up to be professional artists in the field in which they first made noncommercial remix, meaning ... what, exactly? That art students copying Picassos in the art museum should be licensed and paid-for, because it encourages the development of capabilities that are later employed in for-profit endeavors? That the person who writes Star Wars fan fiction and later writes NYT-best selling novels about dragons should kick back some money to Disney? Look, even my alma mater recognizes that it's only entitled…
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