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Works subject to copyright law. The United States copyright law protects "original works of authorship" fixed in a tangible medium, [1] including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.
This edition adds two pieces of copyright legislation enacted since the last printed edition of the circular in May 2021: the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act, signed into law in October 2022, and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, signed into law in December 2022.
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The purpose and character of your intended use of the material involved (the "why" of the use) is the single most important factor in determining whether a use is fair under U.S. copyright law. But regardless of your purpose in using the work, you should ask yourself whether you are merely copying someone else's work verbatim or instead ...
Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports. There are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentage of a work.
U.S. copyright law provides copyright owners with the following exclusive rights: Reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords.
Oct 6, 2023 · As Disney and its diehard fans mark the company’s centennial, Rebecca Tushnet, the Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Law School, spoke with Harvard Law Today about how the company has influenced copyright law in the U.S. and how creators can use works now in the public domain – if they proceed cautiously.
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