tolerated use

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

tolerated use

Etymology

Coined by Tim Wu in a 2008 paper.

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