http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/how-do-you-define-fair-use Opposing Views - How Do You Define Fair Use? http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/fair-use-has-its-place-but-we-can-only-depend-on-it-so-much I remember once hearing someone say that if free speech is the right to buy a printing press, then fair use is the right to hire a lawyer. It is just recently that the tables have started to turn against this cynical observation. The conversation... Fred Benenson Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:18:58 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/fair-use-has-its-place-but-we-can-only-depend-on-it-so-much http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/fair-use-is-not-a-right Fair use is not a right. Under existing copyright laws, content owners need not make it simple—or even possible—for consumers to backup or time-shift the media they own. Still, recognizing that many consumers value the ability to copy media from... CEI Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:17:14 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/fair-use-is-not-a-right http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/exercising-fair-use-has-gotten-a-lot-more-difficult-for-consumers With the advent of Digital Rights Management, exercising fair use has gotten a lot more difficult for consumers. For instance, whereas analog VHS tapes could be copied fairly easily with off-the-shelf equipment, Blu-Ray discs are protected with... CEI Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:12:46 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/exercising-fair-use-has-gotten-a-lot-more-difficult-for-consumers http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/fair-use-is-an-exception-to-copyright-law Fair use is an important exception to copyright law and an affirmative defense in copyright infringement litigation. It allows consumers of copyrighted materials to use those materials in ways that would otherwise constitute infringement. Because of... CEI Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:53:35 -0600 http://www.opposingviews.com/arguments/fair-use-is-an-exception-to-copyright-law