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Fair use is not a right; it’s a defense. You don’t have a right to use materials for educational purposes. What happens is: you’re sued and you argue that your
by colejohnson66 7y ago
Fair use is not a right; it’s a defense. You don’t have a right to use materials for educational purposes. What happens is: you’re sued and you argue that your usage was fair use.
Because of that distinction, you technically have no right to take screenshots of copyrighted media.
Side note: the reason for this distinction is that there’s no set criteria for fair use. Some people say there’s the “10 second rule” or whatever, but they’re wrong.
- Jamwinner 7y agoYour distinction is tortured. You absolutely have a right to do things there is a defense for.
- jbeam 7y agoIt’s not tortured. You may have the right under the law, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the private service needs to make it easy for you.
- gamblor956 7y agoThat is absolutely not true. There are plenty of legal defenses which merely reduce or shift culpability.