United StatesCopyright Act, fair use, 17 U.S.C. § 107
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In force since 1 January 1978.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
What this law does
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The federal fair-use statute is the primary framework for evaluating whether news aggregators, search engines, and AI training pipelines may reproduce copyrighted content without a license. Courts weigh four factors: purpose and character of the use (especially transformativeness), nature of the copyrighted work, amount and substantiality taken, and effect on the market for the original.
Commercial, non-transformative snippet aggregation that substitutes for licensed feeds fails fair use (Meltwater); transformative indexing and limited display may succeed (Google Books, Perfect 10).
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Categories
Linking framing, Snippet reproduction, TDM opt-out
When LexLint raises it
aggregates_content
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Copyright Act of 1976, effective Jan 1 1978
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