Stan Muller teaches you a few things about copyright enforcement, and talks about the exceptions to copyright enforcement. While there are several, the one you've probably heard of is Fair Use, and it's a pretty tricky one. We'll try to explain it, and teach you just why fair use is so loosey goosey.

Citation1: 17 USC 503
Citation 2: Hargreaves, Ian. Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth. UK Intellectual Property Office. P 5
Citation 3: Iowa State Univ. Research Found., Inc. v. American Broadcasting Cos., 621 F.2d 57 (2d Cir. 1980)
Citation 4: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enters., 471 U.S. 539, 551, 105 S. Ct. 2218, 85 L. Ed. 2d 588 (1985) (quoting) Joseph McDonald, Non-Infringing Uses, 9 Bull. Copyright Soc'y 466, 467 No. 355 (1962)
Links We Promised:

Copyright Office Fair Use Index

copyright.gov/fair-use/

Best Practices Documents

www.cmsimpact.org/fair-use/best-practices

infringementnation.com

1. Introduction to Intellectual Property
2. Copyright Basics
3. Copyright, Exceptions, and Fair Use
4. Patents, Novelty, and Trolls
5. Trademarks and Avoiding Consumer Confusion
6. International IP Law
7. IP Problems, YouTube, and the Future

Stan Muller teaches you all about Intellectual Property in this short series of 7 videos.