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  Fair use policy Certain uses of copyrighted material may not require the copyright owner’s permission. In the United States, this concept is known as fair use. Some other countries have a similar concept known as fair dealing. Whether or not a certain use of copyrighted material constitutes a fair use is ultimately determined by a court of law. Courts analyze fair use arguments by looking at four factors: The purpose and character of the use. How is the original work being used, and is the new use commercial? Transformative uses add something to the original work: comme...

  Copyright policy What types of copyright complaints does Social Scrooge (scrooge.social or scrooge) respond to? Scrooge responds to copyright complaints submitted under the European Community law (including Directive 2019/790), international conventions (including the Bern Convention and the Rome Convention, the TRIPs agreement, the WIPO treaties) as well as Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Follow the guidelines for filing a complaint about alleged copyright infringement by clicking here. Scrooge will respond to reports of alleged copyright infringement, s...