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- Except for the “fair use of a work”, the materials on the TED website under the copyright protection will be allowed to use based on the approval or authorization from copyright holders.
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- As to other fair use of work, please refer to Articles 44 to Articles 65 of Copyright Act for more legal details.
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Source: Department of Economic Development ,Taipei City Government