copyright and fair use an issue of justice. copyright copyright law gives exclusive rights and...
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Copyright and Fair Use
An issue of Justice
CopyrightCopyright law gives exclusive rights and control over what someone has created. It gives special preference to things that are creative, i.e. art or fictional works. The purpose of copyright is to encourage the sharing of creative works. Copyright while exclusive is not necessarily absolute. The exceptions to this exclusivity are known as Fair Use and are included in the copyright law.
Fair UseThe four considerations for fair use.– The purpose and character
of your use– The nature of the
copyrighted work– The amount and
substantiality of the portion taken
– The effect of the use upon the potential market
There are four factors used by the courts when considering disputes over fair use of copyrighted material. There is no clear cut standard for fair use and cases are decided on a case by case basis.
THE PURPOSE AND CHARACTER OF YOUR USE
1. Copying of copyrighted material can done for a limited and “transformative” purpose.
2. Section 107 of the Copyright law contains a list of uses that can be considered fair. • Comment• Criticism• News Reporting• Teaching• Scholarship• Research
THE NATURE OF THE COPYRIGHTED WORK
1. Are you copying from the facts of a work or are you borrowing from the creativity of another? Biographies,Histories, or Novels, Plays
2. Is the work published or unpublished? The law gives less leeway when using unpublished material because the author/creator has the right of first publication.
Parody is one use that can be considered Fair Use. A parody must hold the original up to ridicule
THE AMOUNT AND SUBSTANTIALITY OF THE PORTION TAKEN
This varies depending on the work being copied.Gerald Ford’s memoir:
Harper & Row v. Nation
THE EFFECT OF THE USE UPON THE POTENTIAL MARKET
Creative Commons
Creative Commons Licenses
Google Search
Google search
Flickr Search
Bing Search