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[Page] 214 [My Comments] So suddenly now Mr. Patry is not a fan of Soviet-planned economies? How about trying to rewrite the whole copyright system based on some policymaker’s understanding of what a good business model is? The great advantage of European approach to exceptions from copyright is predictability. The great advantage of the fair use doctrine is flexibility. The greatest disadvantage of fair dealing doctrine in Canada is that it provides neither predictability nor flexibility. As long as the judiciary’s understanding of the underlying reasons for copyright’s existence is clear (whether it exists to protect the authors or to benefit the public), I would suggest that fair use is a better approach. When no such clear understanding exists, fair use becomes a tool in the hands of activist judges – whichever way they are leaning. [Quote from Patry’s book] 
Straitjackets consist of narrow lists (such as those contained in the EU’s Information Society Directive), drawn up by government officials, of the few types of unlicensed creativity that are permitted. The idea that government officials can effectively formulate and execute a creativity centralized command system in which all permitted uses can be carefully spelled out in advance is to believe that the Soviet-planned economies were a rousing success.
How Not To Fix Copyright - My Response to William Patry - Socialist copyright law - Soviet Union | Mincov Law Blog
Quote from Patry’s book