Copyright Laws and "Fair Use"

Copyright has been around since the founding of America and is still very alive today! It has goNe thrOugh some changes but for the most part it has stayed the same. A copyright in short is a persons right to and idea, invention, or discovery they may have made. A common problem today is the option of "Fair Use" which states that any one can sample another's work, either for criticism or educational reasons. One side says that since they own the copyright, no one can use any part of their material, but the other side says that they should be able to use parts of it so that they can learn from it. I think that Fair Use is acceptable because the person who is using the copyrighted materials isn't trying to steal the invention or infringe on any rights, but they are just wanting to see the copyrighted item and learn from it.

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