Copyright Office Releases Fair Use Index

The Copyright Office’s new Fair Use Index will give the public searchable summaries of major fair use decisions, Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante said Tuesday. The office created the index in response to the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s 2013 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement. The index is searchable by category and type of use, the Copyright Office said. The index “not only helps to make the doctrine more accessible, but also serves to re-emphasize the significance of this right as part of our culture,” Pallante said in a news release.