We must never forget that copyright is about authorship; and secondary authors, while never as famous as the original authors, deserve some respect. Fixing fair use is one way to give them that.
As an exception to copyright, fair use has been a key to the freedoms individuals have in interacting online. Fair use permits individuals to do things that could otherwise be deemed illegal under copyright law — The copyright statute codifies the following four factors in weighing whether or not the use of a copyrighted work is a fair use:
We must never forget that copyright is about authorship; and secondary authors, while never as famous as the original authors, deserve some respect. Fixing fair use is one way to give them that.
allsoundalltrue 2 years ago
Fair Use: Remix Culture, Mashups, and Copyright
As an exception to copyright, fair use has been a key to the freedoms individuals have in interacting online. Fair use permits individuals to do things that could otherwise be deemed illegal under copyright law — The copyright statute codifies the following four factors in weighing whether or not the use of a copyrighted work is a fair use:
allsoundalltrue 2 years ago