The Construction Of The Fair Use System Of Copyright In The Cloud Era

Fair use is one of the ways to limit the rights of copyright holders incopyright law. Under certain legal conditions, the users do not seek theconsent or pay compensation to the copyright holders, as long as the useswith the purpose of proper use. It aims not only to maintain the establishedinterests balance among the copyright owner, the users and the other people,but also to promote the development and prosperity of science and culture.With the development of society, science and technology advances,knowledge of information transmits in different ways. It brings considerableeconomic benefits, moreover, it also improves the speed of intellectualachievements into commodities, the development of the economic societyand the prosperity of culture. In the cloud era, hardware and softwareresources can be shared in accordance with the different needs of people andthen provides to the various terminal devices. The arrival of the cloud eraproves efficiency in using information resources, convenience of people’saccess to information, and it fully protect the interests of copyright holders.However, it also deprives part of the group’ chance and opportunity to studythe work, makes the interests imbalance among the copyright owners, theusers and the public. It contraries to the purpose of the system of fair use incopyright. The fair use system in traditional network environment has been unable to solve the new problems well brought in the cloud era. Therefore,how to construct the fair use system in the cloud era would be a veryworthwhile issue to explore. The article begins with the basic contents of fairuse and cloud computing, then analyses the challenges brought by the cloudera, at last find ways to construct the fair use system. I hope it will benefit thefair use system of the copyright.