"Digital Rights" and Fair Use in Copyright Law

Jeweler, Robin

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Intellectual property;    Copyright - Law and legislation;    Copyright infringement - Law and legislation;    Law;   

RP-ID  :  RL31827
RP-ID  :  RL31827 2003-03-24

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report examines judicial case law which has considered the doctrine of fair use in relation to the First Amendment, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and as a means of protecting private, noncommercial use of digital music and film by consumers. It concludes that when the potential to infringe is great, as it almostalways will be in a digital environment, the courts have not been willing to expand fair use to encompass subsidiary uses such as time shifting, space shifting, or personal noncommercial use.