Due to the various copyright infrigements, everywhere I mean, not only here at Steemit, decided to post this video about Fair Use, a concept which applies to almost anyone in a creative space.
Fair use, as defined by the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Website:
Any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and 'transformative' purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work.
Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. In other words, fair use is a defense against a claim of copyright infringement. If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an infringement.
Author of the video is filmmaker Kirby Fergusson, most known for his series Everything is a remix.
thanks for sharing this @seckorama it is something i have thought about... often i've pulled google image url's to illustrate my point and wondered if it was some how plagiarism...that video of Kirby gives a clear guide to fair use...that makes me feel perfectly comfortable with my posts.
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Thank you for the comment. Yes, I agree, this question is important and every author should care about it.
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