Female Film Critics 24/375
The importance of fair use to documentaries is fairly obvious and, when sound decisions are made, has been upheld in numerous court cases. Perhaps more surprisingly, the principles of fair use apply equally to scripted films,
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That the U.S. Constitution authorizes copyright AND fair use surprises many, but it follows. In order to encourage new works of any type, creators must be allowed to quote and comment an existing work in order to discuss, analyze, debate, or praise. The concept of “transformative” use has emerged as a guiding principle in ruling on the use of copyrighted assets in documentaries.
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