I am barely following this discussion. I am not up to speed on the intricacies of copyright law I also do not know how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Since I believe copyright law is immoral, I would chuck the pin and the angels. POD On 2006-May 21, at 12:39 PM, Dave Howell wrote: On May 16, 2006, at 15:08, David Pollak wrote: > While there might be a fair use justification for > emailing a friend a copy so he/she can evaluate it before buying it, No, there is no "fair use" clause that allows for copyright violation in the name of evaluation.