CHAPTER 13
Fair Use
As discussed in Chapter 11, American copyright law was written into the U.S. Constitution to “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” The founders of the United States also wrote a Bill of Rights, including a powerful 45-word First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Free speech principles form the basis of an important exception to U.S. copyright ...
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