UMFarArcher
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OK then.
I think that just about covers it!
Drive on!
I think that just about covers it!
Drive on!
Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. In United States copyright law and the Copyright Act 1987 of Malaysia, fair use is a doctrine that permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship.
Defining Fair Use
1) Purpose and character of the work
2) Nature of the work
3) Amount and substantiality of the portion used in new work
4) Effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work
What this means is courts go through four steps, the first of which is to look at whether the creator of the new work did it as social commentary or financial gain. Next, they look at whether it is parody, satire, criticism and if that purpose is obvious in the content. A judge will also consider how much of the original work is included, and whether the will hurt the present or future sales of the old work.
Some other sources.
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/
I'm an IP attorney.
Hit me.
crossover22[]_[];2136499 said:UM wants the wez gone. Hahahahaha
We've already been exiled from this site. Nobody even knows the WEZ exists and they still want us gone.
LULZ
Paranoid freaks in the Hecht.