The person most responsible for creating the fair use doctrine for American copyright law is ______.

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Barbara Ringer was instrumental in creating the fair use doctrine as the Register of Copyrights of the United States from 1973 to 1980. She played a key role in the codification and expansion of fair use in the Copyright Act of 1976. The other choices listed did not have significant involvement in the creation of the fair use doctrine.

The Person Most Responsible for Creating the Fair Use Doctrine