# tolerated use

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Use of another party's intellectual property that is not legally protected under fair use but is unlikely to be pursued in court by the rightsholder.

## Etymology
Coined by Tim Wu in a 2008 paper.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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