Fair use
A United States doctrine evaluating unlicensed use through context-specific statutory factors.
What Fair use does not show
It is a legal defense or limitation, not a crawler setting or automatic category.
Related terms in Governance and rights
Who may use content for what: rights reservations, opt-outs, licences, model documentation and the accountability vocabulary around them.
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Questions about Fair use
What is Fair use?
A United States doctrine evaluating unlicensed use through context-specific statutory factors.
What does Fair use not show or guarantee?
It is a legal defense or limitation, not a crawler setting or automatic category.
Which area of the glossary does Fair use belong to?
Governance and rights: Who may use content for what: rights reservations, opt-outs, licences, model documentation and the accountability vocabulary around them.
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