Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use

As a lead up to the launch of the Citizen Media Law Project’s Legal Guide later this month, they are putting up longer, substantive blog posts on various subjects covered in the guide. This post is the second in the series of legal primers. The first addressed the subject of immunity and liability for third-party content under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. In this post they discuss copyright and fair use in the context of citizen media.