Project DisCoFeb 28, 2025
A Third Circuit appeals court judge sitting by designation in Delaware district court recently issued a controversial opinion in Thomson Reuters v. Ross, with holdings on #Copyright and #FairUse that conflict with established precedent. https://buff.ly/4h4fIF1 #FairUseWeek
Scholars Agree Opinion in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Should Be Disregarded - Disruptive Competition Project

A Third Circuit appeals court judge sitting by designation in Delaware district court recently issued a controversial opinion in Thomson Reuters v. Ross, with holdings on copyright and fair use that conflict with established precedent.

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CCIAFeb 27, 2025
AI relies on practices such as fair use and text and data mining, as large data sets are critical to train these systems. This includes generative #AI and large language models (#LLMs), which are trained on a wide variety of publicly available data. More on Fair Use here: https://buff.ly/3CXEE2V #FairUseWeek
Fair Use Week: the AI in fAIr use - Disruptive Competition Project

The Disruptive Competition Project is taking part in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing.

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CCIAFeb 26, 2025
At a congressional staff briefing during #FairUseWeek, CCIA’s @alisternburg noted, “CCIA has been working on a research study series on fair use and the economy. Our most recent study found that there was $5.6 trillion in revenue from fair-use industries. There are really immense benefits to the US economy from having this legal certainty.” 1/2
Project DisCoFeb 25, 2025

This week is #FairUseWeek! Fair use is employed on a daily basis by students, faculty, librarians, journalists, and all users of copyrighted material. Fair use facilitates balance in #Copyright law, promoting further progress and accommodating freedom of speech and expression.

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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week

Project DisCoFeb 24, 2025

It's #FairUseWeek! Fair use is essential to #Copyright law, allowing users of all kinds to apply copyright to new technologies and applications.

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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week

CCIAFeb 24, 2025
Today starts Fair Use Week 2025, a week dedicated to highlighting the power of fair use. Unlike narrow exemptions that risk becoming outdated, fair use supports progress across industries. U.S. leadership in cutting-edge fields like #AI is a testament to the strength of policies like fair use. #FairUseWeek
Project DisCoJan 31, 2025
From scrolling through your feed reading up on the day’s most important events to watching a YouTuber break down the latest happenings around the world, these are everyday moments of sharing and engaging with information online. But they wouldn’t be possible without a critical principle of U.S. copyright law: #FairUse. https://buff.ly/3EgZf2B #FairUseWeek
News You Can Use: How Fair Use Keeps Us Informed Online  - Disruptive Competition Project

From scrolling through your feed reading up on the day’s most important events to watching a YouTuber break down the latest happenings around the world, these

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internetarchiveMar 1, 2024
How does #fairuse help libraries? Internet Archive's senior policy counsel, Lila Bailey, outlines how the fair use doctrine has helped us build our library, including web archives with The Wayback Machine & a growing collection of manuals: https://blog.archive.org/2024/03/01/fair-use-in-action-at-the-internet-archive/ #FairUseWeek
Fair Use in Action at the Internet Archive | Internet Archive Blogs

Project DisCoMar 1, 2024
It's #FairUseWeek!! We're celebrating the brilliance of fair use, recognizing that it is technology-neutral, flexible, and can adapt to new technologies, as opposed to more limited specific exemptions that could quickly become obsolete. U.S. leadership in innovative fields like #AI can be attributed to policies such as fair use. 
https://buff.ly/4bPNgoK
Fair Use Week: the AI in fAIr use - Disruptive Competition Project

The Disruptive Competition Project is taking part in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing.

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Mark A. McCutcheonFeb 28, 2024
“How does #ABBA recognize #Heart’s contribution to ‘Super Trouper’?”: my upcoming talk about #FairUse in pop music, for #CongreSSH’s #ACCUTE and ABC’s #Copyright conferences this June.
Abstract & bibliography: https://academicalism.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/my-2024-congress-talk-heart-of-abbas/
#FairDealingWeek #FairUseWeek #FDWorks #OpenAccess #OpenReview
“Heart of ABBA’s,” my 2024 Congress talk

is a listening exercise developed as part of my broader, ongoing project to promote critical copyright literacy. The public debate about intellectual property (IP) is dominated by publishing lobbyi…

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