fair use definition
Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work.In United States copyright law, fair use is a doctrine that permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders.he term fair use originated in the United States. A similar-sounding principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions but in fact it is more similar in principle to the enumerated exceptions found under civil law systems.