Thursday, January 22, 2015
Fair Use Is Not An Exception to Copyright, It’s Essential to Copyright
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Over the past two years, as talk of copyright reform has escalated, we’ve also heard complaints about the supposed expansion of fair use, or "fair use creep.” That kind of talk woefully misunderstands how fair use works.
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Man is copyright law complicated. Not just in a legal sense in that there are a bunch of people fighting over what should or should not be written into law all the time, but also morally. Copyright issues really are a moral gray area that are hard to figure out right and wrong even on a case by case basis. People need to get compensated for their work, but people should also be allowed to share things that they paid for with friends and family. And that dynamic is just the tip of the copyright iceberg... Fair Use is also a tricky issue regarding what you should or should not be allowed to do with the digital items you have purchased. It is heartening to hear that the courts are upholding Fair Use in instances where there is clearly a benefit to the public at large. I am certainly not advocating for a society that freely rips off the companies and makers of digital products, but there must be a fair balance between these companies and end users.
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