A term used in UK copyright laws, fair dealing is designed to allow others lawful use or reproduction of someone else’s work without the need to get permission from the copyright owner or creator, and ...

“That has been freeware, if you like,” he said. No such contract has ever existed, and fair use does not apply in the UK. The notion that content on the web is ‘freeware’ contradicts ...

“Fair use” sounds similar but is fundamentally different from the defence of “fair dealing”, which is commonly used in UK courts but has a more limited scope. However, the arrival of two ...

In response, Stability AI has evoked the fair use doctrine. The use is fair, the UK-based startup claims, because it is an acceptable, transformative and socially beneficial use of the existing ...