Definitions for fair use
fair use

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fair usenoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fair usenoun

   a doctrine in intellectual property law that permits one party to make use of another party's protected intellectual property (such as a copyright or trademark) under narrowly defined circumstances

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1. Fair use

   Fair use is a doctrine in United States law that permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright holder. Fair use is one of the limitations to copyright intended to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public interest in the wider distribution and use of creative works by allowing as a defense to copyright infringement claims certain limited uses that might otherwise be considered infringement. Unlike "fair dealing" rights that exist in most countries with a British legal history, the fair use right is a general exception that applies to all different kinds of uses with all types of works and turns on a flexible proportionality test that examines the purpose of the use, the amount used, and the impact on the market of the original work. The doctrine of "fair use" originated in common law during the 18th and 19th centuries as a way of preventing copyright law from being too rigidly applied and "stifling the very creativity which [copyright] law is designed to foster." Though originally a common law doctrine, it was enshrined in statutory law when the U.S. Congress passed the Copyright Act of 1976. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued several major decisions clarifying and reaffirming the fair use doctrine since the 1980s, most recently in the 2021 decision Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.

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1. fair use

   Fair use is a legal doctrine which allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders. It applies in certain circumstances, such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research, with the aim to balance the interests of copyright holders with the public's interest in the wider distribution and use of creative works by allowing certain limited uses that might otherwise be considered infringement. Factors such as the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used in relation to the work as a whole, and the effect of the use upon the potential market for the original work are often considered in determining fair use.

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1. Fair use

   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, 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, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. It provides for the legal, unlicensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factor balancing test. The term fair use originated in the United States. A similar principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions. Civil law jurisdictions have other limitations and exceptions to copyright. Fair use is one of the traditional safety valves.

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1. fair useadjective

   To use fairly

   The mobile phone company communicated they are grateful if customer can have fair use of data on their unlimited data plans

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 12, 2022  

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How to pronounce fair use?

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fair use in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of fair use in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fair use
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fair_Use
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Use
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fair use