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1. Fair Use & Transformative Purpose Original 2 Rap is an educational and analytical platform. We provide musicological analysis, historical context, and cultural commentary. To facilitate this, we may include brief excerpts of song lyrics, album metadata (titles, artist names, release dates), and low-resolution cover art.
We assert that such use constitutes Fair Use under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Our use of these materials is transformative; it is intended for the purposes of criticism, commentary, scholarship, and research, and does not serve as a substitute for the original musical work.
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• Original Content: The analysis, commentary, and editorial "take" provided on this platform are the original intellectual property of Original 2 Rap.
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