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Police Photo: Public Domain or Fair Use?

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May I use it? Is it public domain or fair use? Public domain? Other states like Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts (called "open copyright" states) have a policy that makes state documents presumptively public domain. BTW, photos by federal law enforcement are public domain.

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Copyright Fair Use for Education

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Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Understanding legal and fair use is especially important in academic settings because dissemination of information often requires the use of evidence.

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Prince, Prince, Prints: Will the Supreme Court Revisit Fair Use?

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1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12] Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement.

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Controlled Digital Lending: A Copyright Analysis

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This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized. The concept of CDL revolves around the idea of two major doctrines under Copyright law i.e. Doctrine of fair use and doctrine of exhaustion. One needs to see on what principles libraries can justify CDL.

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Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith

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Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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Announcing the Winners of the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law!

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We are very happy to announce the results of the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law! Like previous years, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Exploring the “Space” for Makeup Dupes in the Indian IP Framework ”.

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Should Copyrights, like Trademarks, Never Expire? – An Angry Author Offers a Convincing Argument

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He is also on a mission to keep the content he and others create out of the public domain. Mark Helprin is a successful novelist. Continue reading.