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tolerated use

tolerated use noun: use of another party's intellectual property that is not legally protected under fair use but is unlikely to be pursued in court by the rightsholder.

Noun

tolerated use (uncountable)

  1. Use of another party's intellectual property that is not legally protected under fair use but is unlikely to be pursued in court by the rightsholder.

Origin of tolerated use

Coined by Tim Wu in a 2008 paper.

Questions about tolerated use

What does tolerated use mean?
Tolerated use means use of another party's intellectual property that is not legally protected under fair use but is unlikely to be pursued in court by the rightsholder.
What part of speech is tolerated use?
Tolerated use is a noun.

Words near tolerated use in the dictionary

  1. tolerantly
  2. tolerants
  3. toleratable
  4. tolerate
  5. tolerated
  6. tolerated use
  7. tolerates
  8. toleratest
  9. tolerateth
  10. tolerating
  11. toleration

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