SHORT BY STEPHEN MANDEL JOSEPH
If you plan to share someone else’s work online, you should first find
out if you’re protected under “fair use” copyright law. Whenever you
use someone else’s videos, photos, or digital content without their
permission, it can lead to all kinds of legal embarrassments and claims
of copyright infringement.
Ever heard of a fair use disclaim-
er? If you plan to share someone
else’s work online, you should
first find out if you’re protected
under “fair use” copyright law. If
you are, then be sure to include a
fair use disclaimer somewhere in
your content.
Whenever you use someone
else’s videos, photos, or digital
content without their permission,
it can lead to all kinds of legal
embarrassments and claims of
copyright infringement.
Therefore, before you take some-
one else’s content and use it for
your website, blog, video or social
media site, there are some com-
mon disclaimer rules you should
know about first to avoid legal
anxieties that can cost you time
and money down the line.FIRST, WHAT IS A FAIR USE
DISCLAIMER?
By legal definition, a fair use
disclaimer is a doctrine used in
the United States that allows lim-
ited use of copyrighted materialEVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT A FAIR USE DISCLAIMEREVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT A FAIR USE DISCLAIMER
without requiring permission from the owner of
the rights.
In simple terms, it lets people know that you’re
using copyrighted material that doesn’t belong to
you. Fair use simply states that you can use copyright
material without seeking the right to do so—but
within limitations. You can view a fair use disclaimer
on YouTube here.WHEN SHOULD YOU USE A DISCLAIMER?
Use a fair use disclaimer when you use copyrighted
material to report, teach, criticize, parody or com-
ment without the original creator’s permission.