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Copyright
Copyright is the law designed to protect works that people create from plagiarism or piracy. It is that simple, stupid.
It has claimed many a pooper's life, and will soon take yours, unless you credit your sources (thus making their use fair)!
Not to be confused with trademark.
History
(1709) The British Statute of Anne was the first act to directly protect the rights of authors. Under US copyright law, the justification appears in Article I, Section 8 Clause 8 of the Constitution, known as the Copyright Clause. It empowers the United States Congress "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
Fair Use
Fair use is a clause that allows limited usage of copyrighted works for either educational, critical, news, parody, or research use without the holder's consent.
However, to make the usage of these sources fair, acknowledgment must be given to the copyright holder, which most poopers ignore, which is why their videos are taken down by Viacom, or are silenced by WMG. So therefore, we ask that you please give credit to the creators of the sources that you use in your Youtube Poops, for your own good, and in all fairness.
