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Fair Use: The conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties.

Why was Fair Use created??? Fair use was created by judges and enshrined in the law.Fair use is known to recognize the certain types of peoples copyright protected works that doesn't require the copyrights authorization. Its designed to allow the use of the copyright protected work for commentary, parody, news reporting, research, and education. Fair use is a " legal defense". Which means if you decide to use a copyright protected work and then you copy right the copyright owner claims copyright infringement, you may be able to assert a defense of fair use, which you would then have to be able to prove it.There are certain ways to predict when something may be fair use. Which are The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes,the nature of the copyrighted work, the substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyright work protected as whole, and the effect of the use on the potential market for of value of the copyright protected work.



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