Fair use is a doctrine in United States law that permits limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use is one of the limitations to copyright intended to balance the interests of copyright holders with...
In the United States, trademark law includes a fair use defense, sometimes called "trademark fair use" to distinguish it from the better-known fair use doctrine in copyright. Many trademarks are adapted from words or symbols that are common to the...
The Fair Use Project is part of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. Founded in 2006, it offers legal assistance to "clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom." It is...
Fair use (Polish: dozwolony użytek) is a concept in Polish copyright law that allows the use of copyrighted works without the author's economic rights or rights holder's permission and, in principle, without remuneration. This limitation restricts...
An acceptable use policy (AUP)—also referred to as an acceptable usage policy or, in certain commercial contexts, a fair use policy (FUP)—is a formal set of guidelines established by the administrator, proprietor, or operator of a computer network,...
Nominative use, also "nominative fair use", is a legal doctrine that provides an affirmative defense to trademark infringement as enunciated by the United States Ninth Circuit, by which a person may use the trademark of another as a reference to...
"Toward a Fair Use Standard", 103 Harv. L. Rev. 1105 (1990), is a law review article on the fair use doctrine in US copyright law, written by then-District Court Judge Pierre N. Leval.
The Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing United States Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 (FAIR USE Act) was a proposed United States copyright law that would have amended Title 17 of the U.S. Code, including portions of the Digital Millennium Copyright...
Private fair use in Polish law refers to a statutory authorization that allows users to privately utilize copyrighted works without obtaining permission from copyright holders or paying them. It is a form of fair use and serves as one of the...
Fair dealing is a statutory exception to copyright infringement, and is also referred to as a user's right (as opposed to an owner's right). According to the Supreme Court of Canada, it is more than a simple defence; it is an integral part of the...