Fair Use Simply Explained (VIDEO)

While YouTube's video is generally informative about copyright law and user generated video,it falls short when it comes to its description of fair use,an exception to copyright protection that allows you to incorporate copyrighted content into your videos without the permission of the copyright holder. This video describes fair use in an easy-to-understand way, and shows that rather than being a bunch of complicated legalize that ordinary YouTube users could never understand, fair use is a simple principle that you can use as a weapon to fight abusive takedown notices and get your videos restored when they are blocked for copyright infringement.

*This video is NOT legal advice and fair use law is very Hazy and Uncertain--hence my frequent use of the word "probably".Chances of being sued for filing a counter-notice are low, it should not be done lightly,and you assume any risk that results from taking such action.

Here is the fair use rationale I used if you want to cut and paste it: "This video is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is (1) noncommercial (2) transformative in nature, and (3) does not compete with the original work or have any negative effect on its market."