What is fair use?
The fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for in classroom use), scholarship or research, is not an infringement of copyright providing this determination is based on weighing and balancing all four factors against specific factual circumstances. For more information on fair use, see Fair Use.
This is a clause in the copyright law which allows for individuals to do certain limited things with copyrighted materials without obtaining permission. In general, these things are limited to activities which are for your own personal use, and in some cases, educational or other academic use. “Fair use” is a rather broad concept, but there are very distinct limitations on what is and is not legal. If you aren’t sure that what you’re doing is legal, get permission.
The fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for in classroom use), scholarship or research, is not an infringement of copyright providing this determination is based on weighing and balancing all four factors against specific factual circumstances. For more information on fair use, see Fair Use.
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