Learn more about fair use and why you should care.
There are a number of very good organizations with resources that can help you understand Fair Use Rights. They are all better then anything I can do so I won't try to reproduce their efforts.
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We as consumers have certain rights we that should be able to expect. There is a great page at Digitalconsumer.org called Bill of Rights. I think this is a good bare minimum.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a good page called "Understanding Your Rights: The Public's Right of Fair Use" at http://www.eff.org/cafe/gross1.html
Its not too long and serves as a good introduction to Fair Use.
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Chillingeffects.org is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a number of schools and universities. There is a wealth of information with sections covering copyright and DMCA, Fan Fiction, Protest, Parody and Criticism, and lots more.
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Copyright.gov has this page on fair use and a link to section 107 of the copyright law.
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http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ has a large but well organized "Copyright and Fair Use Overview section"
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