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by Raz0rblade 4879 days ago
If a student starts working at a company and uses such info. Then that would make some companies get information for free. While other companies or private persons have to pay for it. that's unfair it discriminates people and companies. The law should be equal to anyone and not favor some lucky. Basically any tax payer makes universities possible and so all their information should be free.
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I think you have a bit of a misunderstanding of the situation here. Fair use covers how much of a copyright-protected work can be reproduced, not whether a work should enjoy copyright protections (as opposed to being put out in the public domain).