fair use

[ fair-yoos ]

/ ˈfɛər ˈyus /

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noun

reasonable and limited use of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.

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Origin of fair use

First recorded in 1840–45

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How to use fair use in a sentence

The startup countered by saying that its use of Apple’s code was a classic protected case of fair use.
Apple says researchers can vet its child safety features. But it’s suing a startup that does just that.|Patrick Howell O'Neill|August 17, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Last week, the Supreme Court concluded that Google’s use of Oracle’s code in its Android operating system was fair use.
Automatic, supersonic, hypnotic, funky fresh; Auto-applied recommendations; Thursday’s daily brief|Carolyn Lyden|April 15, 2021|Search Engine Land
If these effects on Oracle’s potential market favor Google, something is very wrong with our fair use analysis.
How Google’s Big Supreme Court Victory Could Change Software Forever|Madeleine Carlisle|April 6, 2021|Time
Software underpins more and more aspects of society, and allowing fair use access to copyrighted code could potentially “allow challenges to any discriminatory factors built into the code” in the future, she argues.
How Google’s Big Supreme Court Victory Could Change Software Forever|Madeleine Carlisle|April 6, 2021|Time

I suspect this theme will unlock many future arguments and claims regarding the application of fair use to software related claims.
Supreme Court sides with Google and why you should advertise at the point of purchase; Tuesday’s daily brief|Carolyn Lyden|April 6, 2021|Search Engine Land
Although fair use is a complicated and subjective issue, copyright lawyers say Gawker has a tough case ahead of them.
The Legal Brawl Over Palin's Book|Shushannah Walshe|November 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
“Taking 20 pages of a book not released yet is less likely to be deemed fair use,” Ballon said.
The Legal Brawl Over Palin's Book|Shushannah Walshe|November 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This is the necessary and absolutely only true, just and fair use of a garden!
Garden Design and Architects' Gardens|W. Robinson
The extreme importance of making a fair use of this privilege has been already alluded to in its proper place.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, March 1883|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
Whether simple quotation constitutes an infringement or is "fair use," depends upon extent and in some respects upon purpose.
Copyright: Its History and Its Law|Richard Rogers Bowker
A man with fair use of his hands and eyes can pick it up in less time than it takes to tell it.
The Voice of the Pack|Edison Marshall
The public have not the right of "fair use" comment and criticism which they have in a published work.
A Treatise Upon the Law of Copyright in the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Crown,|E. J. MacGillivray