I disagree with your assertion that there has never been a "remix snippets" exception to copyright. The EFF posting mentions the principle of fair use, develope

I disagree with your assertion that there has never been a "remix snippets" exception to copyright. The EFF posting mentions the principle of fair use, developed out of case law at least as old as 1740 [1] and now incorporated into modern statutes [2]. Do you dispute that fair use addresses a "remix snippets" exception to copyright? [1] http://books.google.com/books?id=VNA48yhYnncC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=history+abridgement+copyright&source=bl&ots=atJ_CTR7G0&sig=OePo8M7XBRK1fYhs_XWlnEDxofs&hl=en&ei=iJqJSYPsDITYNOu4-dgH&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result http://books.google.com/books?id=VNA48yhYnncC&pg=PA80&#3... [2] http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107