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Is SoBrief infringing copyrights?
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Written by Eric Jung
Updated over 2 months ago

We believe our content falls under Fair Use for several reasons:

  • Free for Everyone: All summaries are available at no cost, with no account required to access them.

  • Educational and Informational Purpose: SoBrief serves an educational and informational purpose by helping readers quickly grasp key concepts from books. Our summaries are valuable tools for learning, reinforcing knowledge, and supporting informed decision-making, which aligns with Fair Use principles aimed at benefiting the public.

  • Transformative Nature: The summaries are written with original expression, structure, and style, consistently applied across a catalog of 70,000+ summaries. Each book is summarized into 7 to 12 key takeaways, each organized in a unique format, making the content significantly different from the original work.

  • Substantially Short: The summaries are approximately 2,000 words—about 2% of the original book's length, similar to a 2-minute trailer for a 2-hour movie. They act as brief previews or reviews, not replacements for the original content.

  • Positive Market Impact: SoBrief drives book sales via affiliate links to Amazon, Kindle, and Audible. Users tell us our summaries help them make purchase decisions and review books after reading, which aligns with our goal to complement the original works.

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