More than 40 countries with over one-third of the
world’s population have fair use or fair dealing provisions in their
copyright laws. These countries are in all regions of the world and at all
levels of development. The broad diffusion of fair use and fair dealing
indicates that there is no basis for preventing the more widespread adoption of
these doctrines, with the benefits their flexibility brings to authors,
publishers, consumers, technology companies, libraries, museums, educational
institutions, and governments.