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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
It's Unauthorised Copying. There is no need to redefine anything or spend any time thinking about it. Either a copy is authorised, and fair use, or it's unauthorised. Simple.
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No quite - I think you may have some ands and ors mixed up there.
A copy can be authorised or unauthorised.
If unauthorised, if can be "fair use" (US) or "fair dealing" (UK - much more restricted).
So a copy can be authorised, or unauthorised and fair use/fair dealing, or unauthorised and not fair use/fair dealing.
I am suggesting that there is another split in the unauthorised/not fair use class.
In the US, I agree that fair use covers most personal copying of an authorised copy of a work, and so my distinction is less needed. In the UK a wide range of acts that most would consider innocuous are not covered by fair dealing.