This document summarizes a talk on copyright and fair use given at the NTC 2009 conference. It discusses potential damages from copyright infringement each year and copyright terms in different countries. It then explains the four factor test for determining fair use, considering the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used, and the effect on the potential market. Examples of fair use like criticism and parody are provided. Credits and information for evaluating the session are given at the end.

1. Copyright 101 & Fair Use Brian Rowe Freedom for IP 3L Seattle University Law April 28th 2009

2. Part I: Copyright

3. infringement nation John Tehranian $4.544 billion in potential damages each year

4. 21 years in UK 14 + 14 in the US

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10. CC

11. Jump off a cliff

12. Human Readable Deeds

13. Legal Code

14. Machine Code <a rel=&quot;license&quot; href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/&quot;><img alt=&quot;Creative Commons License&quot; style=&quot;border-width:0&quot; src=&quot;http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/us/88x31.png&quot; /></a><br /><span xmlns:dc=&quot;http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/&quot; property=&quot;dc:title&quot;>NTC 2009 Copyright &amp; Fair Use Talk </span> by <a xmlns:cc=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/ns#&quot; href=&quot;Brianrowe.org&quot; property=&quot;cc:attributionName&quot; rel=&quot;cc:attributionURL&quot;>Brian Rowe</a> is licensed under a <a rel=&quot;license&quot; href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/&quot;>Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License</a>.<br />Based on a work at <a xmlns:dc=&quot;http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/&quot; href=&quot;freedomforip.org/blog/&quot; rel=&quot;dc:source&quot;>freedomforip.org/blog/</a>.

15. Part II: Fair Use

18. 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 amoun t 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.

19. 4 Factors Purpose & character of the use, Commercial v. NC, Educational, Public Interest (Transformative) Nature, Fiction v. nonfiction Amoun t Used % or as much as needed Market Effect

21. Criticism

22. Savage v. CAIR

23. Transformative

26. Parody

29. Credits Sarah Davies – Sarahdavies.cc Slides 4-8 and 8 Slide 27 created with Obamicon.me by Miami New Times Bound by Law slides 16 & 28 Available under CC-BY-NC-ND @ www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/ Other images were used under my first Amendment fair use rights!

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