Number: RL31827
Title: Digital Rights and Fair Use in Copyright Law
Authors: Robin Jeweler, American Law Division 
Abstract: This report examines judicial case law which has considered the doctrine of fair use in relation to the First Amendment, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and as a means of protecting private, noncommercial use of digital music and film by consumers. It concludes that when the potential to infringe is freat, as it almost always will be in a digital environment, the courts have not been willing to expand fair use to encompass subsidiary uses such as time shifting, space shifting, or personal noncommercial use.
Pages: 13
Date: Updated March 24, 2003