On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:01:56 -0400, Warp wrote:

>   For example copy the contents of a book and include it in your own
>   book,
> no matter how much "free speech" that book contains.

How many books out there contain the full text of Martin Luther King 
Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

>  Only up to a certain point. You can't, for example, copy entire books.
> Not even in the US.

Depends on when the copyright expires.  Go have a look at Project 
Gutenberg for many examples where this is allowed.

Jim

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