Bloggers Beware-Short Primer on Fair Use

Julie Hilden, a Find Law columnist, wrote a nice summary of the Fair Use doctrine in Copyright Law and she reminds us bloggers to stop and think before we cut and paste material off of the internet. Her column entitled Perez Hilton, Michell Malkin, and the "Fair Use" Exception to Copyright Law: What are the Rules When Bloggers Use Video Excerpts and Photographs Without Permission, published on May 16, 2007, does a nice job of summarizing the four major factors courts examine under the Fair Use doctrine and she applies those factors to high profile recent disputes involving bloggers.

Mitchell H. Rubinstein