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Question

FAIR USE: "Fair use" is the right of the public to make reasonable use of copyrighted material in special circumstances without the Copyright Owner's Permission. The United States Copyright Act recognizes that fair use of a copyrighted work may be used "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research." Factors to be considered include (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is for a commercial purpose or is for non-profit educational purposes; (2) what kind of work is the copyrighted work (for instance, is it creative or factual); (3) the amount and importance of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential commercial market for or value of the copyrighted work. Whether or not a fair use has been made of a copyrighted work is not always easy to determine and there have been many lawsuits to determine whether or not a use is "fair." Where there is doubt about whether something qualifies for the fair use exception, you should request a License from the Copyright Holder.

Answer 1

THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO QUOTE, IN WRITING, FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL: SUCH AS A BOOK OR A SCREEN PLAY ETC. YOU MUST GIVE THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR CREDIT FOR HIS/HER WORDS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PARAGRAPH YOU WROTE SAYS THAT IT CONSIDERS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF USING ANOTHER PERSONS WORK IS, HOW MUCH OF IT YOU USE AND IF YOU ARE TRYING TO PROFIT OFF OF SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK. IN ALL OF THESE CASES AND MORE YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW CERTAIN RULES. SOME OF THEM ARE BELOW.

THIS CAN BE DONE BY WRITING SOMETHING LIKE THIS: ACCORDING TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, IN HIS LETTERS FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL ETC.. THEN YOU WRITE HIS WORDS IN QUOTATION MARKS.

OR YOU CAN FOOTNOTE EACH QUOTE. YOU PUT QUOTATION MARKS AROUND EACH SENTENCE THAT YOU ARE COPYING FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK THEN A NUMBER NEXT TO IT.

THAT NUMBER MUST BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE OR THE END OF THE BOOK WITH THE SOURCE OF YOUR QUOTE.

A COPYRIGHT IS SIMILAR TO A PATENT ON AN INVENTION. A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THAT A PATENT HAS A LIMITED LIFE TIME AND A BOOK OR ANY AUTHOR'S WORKS WHEN COPYRIGHTED IS INDEFINITE.

THERE MAY BE SOME EXCEPTIONS, IT WOULD TAKE AN EXPERT TO TELL YOU.

Answer 2

This means that you can use copyrighted material in certain circumstances:
1) When you are criticizing it, commenting on it, etc.
2) As research (usually must be cited as a resource)
3) Taking small snippets of a copyrighted work.

Otherwise, if it doesn't fall under one of these options, you must contact the copyright holder to get authorized to use his/her work.

Recently, for no legal reason that I could see, fair use was completely rescinded for musical copyrights (you can't use even the smallest amount of a song in your own).

Answer 3

Copyright law basically says hands off of my book and what's in it. Buy it, read it, but you can't re-say it yourself. You especially can't re-sell it as your own work. So what happens if a teacher wants to tell students about current events based on an article she read in today's paper? Technically she's re-telling a copyrighted story. But that would not be an offense, because it is not an attempt to steal revenue from the copyrighted work.

Read this again carefully, (your question, not my answer) and you'll see it's just about trying to decide when it's fair to quote copyrighted material.

Answer 4

It basically means that you can quote something, usually a few lines, if you are using it to explain a point, writing an article about something related, or using it in a classroom setting. Anything more than a few lines, or a paragraph or two is copyright infringement, and you need to seek copyright approval.

Answer 5

It means exactly what it says. What specific question do you have about it? Have you tried contacting the U.S. copyright offices? Seriously - they are very helpful and far better qualified to explain this to you.

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