"fair use" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fair uses [plural]
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  1. (copyright law) A doctrine in intellectual property law that permits one party to make use of another party's protected intellectual property (such as a copyright or trademark) under narrowly defined circumstances. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Copyright, Copyright, Freedom of speech
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  2. (copyright law) A doctrine in intellectual property law that permits one party to make use of another party's protected intellectual property (such as a copyright or trademark) under narrowly defined circumstances.
    Use of another party's intellectual property that is protected by this doctrine.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Copyright, Copyright, Freedom of speech
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (doctrine in intellectual property law): ազատ օգտագործում (azat ōgtagorcum) (Armenian), ədalətli istifadə (Azerbaijani), insaflı istifadə (Azerbaijani), 合理使用 (hélǐ shǐyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), kohtuullinen käyttö (note: no equivalent concept in Finnish law) (Finnish), usage équitable [masculine] (French), उचित उपयोग (ucit upyog) [masculine] (Hindi), フェアユース (feayūsu) (Japanese), utilizare cinstită [feminine] (Romanian), uso justo [masculine] (Spanish), uso legítimo [masculine] (Spanish), sử dụng hợp lý (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'doctrine in intellectual property law': 50 50

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