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Are osu! background fair use?

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Fangedpilot
So my friend and i were wondering if the backgrounds used in beatmaps are fair use. We want to make a website for our tournament server and would like to use some backgrounds from popular songs. Also is the fan art people make fair use too?
45Traeath
I don't know about the Osu!Art, but...
A lot of the BG used for Maps all of us make are, I'd suppose, used without authorization from the respective artists.
Although it's a bit of a chaos on that field. There are cases in which you don't see written, firm prohibitions, and cases where it's written but either way, some Mappers don't care.
KatLeNeko
Well I looked at the terms of service for Osu! and this is what I could find:

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT
User acknowledges that content, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics, name references or other material contained in either sponsor advertisements search results, provided to or accessed by User via the Service ("Content") by osu!, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws; therefore, User is only permitted to use this Content as expressly authorized by the Service. User may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this Content without expressly being authorized to do so by the Service.

Hope it helps. I couldn't find anything about fan art, but I will assume you can just ask the artist for permission to use their works.
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