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Fair Use is one means by which copyrighted works can be used without obtaining permission from the copyright holder. Fair Use is limited, but flexible, and is commonly used in educational settings.
Conducting a Fair Use analysis requires weighing four factors for each individual use, and seeing if, on balance the use is a fair one. Sometimes, the use is clear-cut. Other times, it's a judgment call, and two people analyzing the same situation can come up with different outcomes. Such is the nature of Fair Use.
The four factors are:
Each use is evaluated individually by doing a Fair Use test. Legally, there is no maximum number of pages nor percentage of the whole that determines Fair Use.
Fair Use is one means by which copyrighted works can be used without obtaining permission from the copyright holder.
Consider the positive and negative factors featured below when evaluating content for Fair Use
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Fair Use requires weighing all four fair use factors and making a judgment. Sometimes the judgment is obvious and sometimes two people might come to different conclusions. Have questions? Ask a Librarian!
The remedies provided by the law to a copyright owner mean that an individual found making illegal copies, or otherwise infringing, could face some very unpleasant consequences: