Jan
17
Fair use for the 21st century: if it adds value, it's fair; if it substitutes, it's not
My pal Tim Wu continues to say incredibly smart and simple things about copyright, this time coming up with a great working definition of fair use for the 21st century.
Tim’s been debating NBC’s chief counsel on a New York Times blog, and they’ve gotten as far as fair use. Tim busts out a great working definition for fair use that simple enough to understand that it can be reliably followed by casual remixers and users of content, but not so simple as to be idiotic: if it adds new value, it’s…
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