BlawgIT's introduction to "fair use"

Brett Trout has a use­ful intro­duc­tion to “fair use” up on BlawgIT. The goal is to help you “spot the issues” and avoid some com­mon urban leg­ends, like:

• “I am not mak­ing money on it; it’s fair use.”
• “They should be happy with the free press.”
• “I’m mak­ing them money, it’s fair use.”
• “It didn’t have a copy­right notice on it; it’s fair use.”

via Fair Use FAQ | BlawgIT.

Recommended read­ing for any­one who cites, quotes, or reuses other’s work — which is pretty much every­one these days.

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