Copyright 101 & Fair Use Brian Rowe

Freedom for IP3L Seattle University Law

April 28th 2009

Part I: Copyright

infringement nationJohn Tehranian

 

$4.544 billion in potential damages each year

21 years in UK 14 + 14 in the US

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Part II: Fair Use

Four Factor Test - Section 107

• fair use of a copyrighted work… for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

– the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

– the nature of the copyrighted work; – the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to

the copyrighted work as a whole; and – the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value

of the copyrighted work.

4 Factors

–Purpose & character of the use, Commercial v. NC, Educational, Public Interest (Transformative)

–Nature, Fiction v. nonfiction –Amount Used % or as much as needed

–Market Effect

Criticism

Savage v. CAIR

Transformative

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