Since no DVD sells for $1000, is it perfectly ok to copy it? Obviously, that's not case. The paragraph below the one you totally misinterpreted is the one you s

Since no DVD sells for $1000, is it perfectly ok to copy it? Obviously, that's not case. The paragraph below the one you totally misinterpreted is the one you should be quoting: > by the distribution of a work being prepared for commercial distribution, by making it available on a computer network accessible to members of the public, if such person knew or should have known that the work was intended for commercial distribution. The Wall Street Journal has a pay wall and the parent posted the full contents of the article on this site. Regarding safe harbor, YC must comply with any take-down notice to be in the clear. The safe harbor does NOT mean that YC gets a Betamax-style free pass when users upload copyrighted material illegally.