Defend Fair Use is a new website by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which is backed by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others. "Fair use" is a law concept in the US allowing you to copy and remix smaller parts of any media, whether you own the rights to it or not. "Tell us what you think about Fair Use - We will gather all comments into a complete record, submit them to the Commission and demand action on behalf of everyone who ever bought something with an exaggerated copyright notice," the site (which bars a © sign instead of a friendlier
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