Like in the assignment description, it is pointed out the Fryer spends very little time discussing fair use and I think that's because Fryer and I think the same thing when it comes to that "It's complicated" It's the first thing I think I've seen someone try to teach it by avoiding it. He uses the acronym HPCF and gives it meaning by connecting it to say Harry Potter Can Fly. It actually stands for Homegrown, Public Domain, Creative Commons, and Fair Use. In this chapter I learned that fair use is complicated and it's easier to work around it by using homegrown media you create yourself, public domains where there are no copyrighted material, and creative commons which are materials shared upfront by copyright holders.
I think instead of trying to implement fair use we can all just use creative commons. It's obviously all the materials manufacturers, artists, etc. feel comfortable openly sharing. Why bother going through the hassle of the unclear fair use guidelines and end up being sued for a lot of money. I would just use anything from the HPCF examples and if I have to go outside of those I would cite as much information as I could to give complete credit to the author and at least show I wasn't trying to commit plagiarism or intellectual property theft.
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