Copyright and Fair Use

Copyright and Fair Use – Introduction

This page explains the Afroluent.com Copyright and Fair Use.

Fair Use Definition

Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. It allows for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author’s work based on four factors that evaluate fair use.

Disclaimer & Fair Use Statement

This website may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The site may also contain copyrighted material owned by a third party, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of African culture, economy, health and history; for the purposes such as education, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, some material on this site may be distributed. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

To determine whether the use of a work in any particular case is a fair use, the four factors to be evaluated are as follows:

1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Afroluent.com content will only display the excerpts of the article text in the related news section, and the link points to the original news source.

If for any reason an owner of a copyrighted work does not want the text displayed for the minimum time limit, please contact us to have the article removed.

What is copyright?

Copyright is the right of an author, artist, composer, or other creator to control other’s use of their original work. Under the U.S. Copyright Act, as soon as a creator sets a work ’down in a tangible medium (like drawing on paper, recording on cassette, video on tape, or words on a website), the creator has the exclusive right to:

1. To reproduce and make copies of the work;
2. To prepare derivative works based on the work;
3. To distribute copies of the work to the public;
4. For literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works (including individual images or screenshots from audiovisual works), to display the work;
5. For literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works and audiovisual works, to publicly perform the work; and
6. For sound recordings, to perform them publicly through digital audio transmission.

User Copyright Policy

Afroluent.com contains copyrighted material use of this content for any purpose other than viewing on the Afroluent.com website is strictly prohibited. Users may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Reading online, downloading, or other use of this information signifies acceptance of these conditions; and use of this site may occur on these conditions only.

DMCA Notice

Afroluent.com respects the intellectual property of others. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, we may, at our sole discretion, limit access to our website to any users who infringe any intellectual property rights of others.

If you believe that any content or postings on this site violate your intellectual property or other rights, please notify us by email at info@afroluent.com. Please include all required and relevant information to ensure timely response.