...show, "Seinfeld." Fair use is a defense to copyright infringement. It is defined in 17 USC §107 as "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phono records or by any other means specified by section 106 and 106 A, for purposes such as criticism,...

...codified in l7 USC §l07, which provides, in pertinent part: [T]he fair use of a copyrighted work ... for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,...teaching (including multiple copies for classroom usel, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use...

...use was incorporated into the US copyright law during a 1976 revision. The fair use statement reads: [T]he fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or any other means specified by that section for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,...

...theory was frequently used each year from then on. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act states that "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords of by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,...

...that limits the rights given to authors. Under some circumstances, copies of a work may be made for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, and research. Examples of fair use include publishing small excerpts of a novel in an on-line review,...

...likely to be fair uses than commercial uses. The illustrative purposes listed in the statute include criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, and research. The second factor is the nature of the copyrighted work: borrowing material from factual...

...273 (HL), per Lord Reid at 276. 59. CDPA 1988, s. 18. 60. Title 17, USC, s. 107 (1976) ('fair use. ..for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,...teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use). exclusive list of 'permitted' acts, although these are sometimes grouped under the heading 'fair dealing'.61...

...purposes cited in the introductory sentence of the US fair use provision would qualify as special cases: "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including...multiple copies for classroom use). scholarship, or research."8"1h Similarly. Articles 5(2) and 6(1) of the BC Software Directive, which respectively permit...

...sale rule in the online environment). to copyright protection is codified at 17 USC §107 and includes "use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section [sections 106 and 106 A], for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including...

...even in the absence of the holder s permission. 120 You will recall that under federal copyright law "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies ... for purposes such as criticism, comment . . . teaching (including multiple copies for classroom...