Discover key legal concerns surrounding fines for copyright infringement. Learn about penalties, legal proceedings, and defense strategies.| Copyright RPM
house report no. 94–1476General Background of the Problem. The judicial doctrine of fair use, one of the most important and well-established limitations on the exclusive right of copyright owners, would be given express statutory recognition for the first time in section 107. The claim that a defendant’s acts constituted a fair use rather than an infringement has been raised as a defense in innumerable copyright actions over the years, and there is ample case law recognizing the existence...| LII / Legal Information Institute