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fair use

Noun

Meaning

the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties

Source: WordNet

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Examples

Fair use is not a law. There's nothing in law. Jack Valenti

There is no fair use to take something that doesn't belong to you. That's not fair use. Jack Valenti

Fair use is not in the law. Jack Valenti

DRM goes beyond protecting tracks from being traded online. It is used to lock consumers to proprietary technology. It is used to control supply and push higher prices. It is used to undermine practices we have long defined as fair use so they can be shifted to fee-based. Richard Menta

Fair use is always going to be a gray area, and it should be. We need to allow for things we can't see yet. Robin Gross

Federal Trade Commission, Retrieved from http://www.ftc.gov/reports/p2p05/050623p2prpt.pdf Fair use exceptions allow limited use of copyrighted material to be downloaded without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Source: Internet

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