http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Michael+C.+Donaldson Entertainment Michael C. Donaldson Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=348527&ca=Entertainment Fair use is not an invitation to poach the intellectual property of others instead of creating your own work. Rather, fair use is simply an exception to the monopolistic rights that the law grants the owner of a copyright. Fair use allows you to create something new and different using someone else’... Entertainment Michael C. Donaldson Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=349290&ca=Entertainment The concept of fair use was first introduced into the U.S. law of copyright by a court in Massachusetts in 1841. Rev. Charles W. Upham wrote an 866-page, two-volume book about George Washington. Three hundred and fifty-three of the 866 pages were letters written by George Washington. The letters wer...