Editing Fair use (section)

== Policy arguments ==
A balanced copyright law provides an economic benefit to many high-tech businesses such as search engines and software developers. Fair use is also crucial to non-technology industries such as insurance, legal services, and newspaper publishers.<ref name=PCOLCcia />

On September 12, 2007, the [[Computer and Communications Industry Association]] (CCIA),<ref name=PCOLCcia /> a group representing companies including [[Google]] Inc., [[Microsoft]] Inc.,<ref name=PCOLWallstreet>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118593806790484425|title=Google, Others Contest Copyright Warnings|first1=Sarah|last1=McBride|first2=Adam|last2=Thompson|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=August 1, 2007|access-date=November 16, 2015|archive-date=November 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118002011/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118593806790484425|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Oracle Corporation]], [[Sun Microsystems]], [[Yahoo!]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccianet.org/members.html|title=Computer and Communications Industry Association. "CCIA Members."|publisher=Ccianet.org|access-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331110104/http://www.ccianet.org/members.html|archive-date=March 31, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and other high-tech companies, released a study that found that fair use exceptions to US copyright laws were responsible for more than $4.5&nbsp;trillion in annual revenue for the United States economy representing one-sixth of the total US [[GDP]].<ref name=PCOLCcia>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccianet.org/artmanager/publish/news/First-Ever_Economic_Study_Calculates_Dollar_Value_of.shtml|title=Computer and Communications Industry Association. "Fair Use Economy Represents One-Sixth of US GDP". September 12, 2007|publisher=Ccianet.org|date=September 12, 2007|access-date=June 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415213601/http://www.ccianet.org/artmanager/publish/news/First-Ever_Economic_Study_Calculates_Dollar_Value_of.shtml|archive-date=April 15, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The study was conducted using a methodology developed by the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]].<ref name=PCOLCcia />

The study found that fair use dependent industries are directly responsible for more than eighteen percent of US economic growth and nearly eleven million American jobs.<ref name=PCOLCcia /> "As the United States economy becomes increasingly knowledge-based, the concept of fair use can no longer be discussed and legislated in the abstract. It is the very foundation of the digital age and a cornerstone of our economy," said Ed Black, President and CEO of CCIA.<ref name=PCOLCcia /> "Much of the unprecedented economic growth of the past ten years can actually be credited to the doctrine of fair use, as the Internet itself depends on the ability to use content in a limited and unlicensed manner."<ref name=PCOLCcia />