Fair+Use

Fair Use The fair use doctrine has been enacted as a way to protect users and limit the rights of copyright holders. It allows users the ability to use copyrighted material without asking for permission. Fair use can be defined as the use of any copyrighted material used for a limited and transformative intent. The term "transformative" has not been completely defined by courts, but rather left ambiguous to allow a non-restricted use of copyrighted material that falls under this term. The term loosely is defined as the use of commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, and teaching.

Fair use in education differs from that of public use. The courts recognize educator guidelines even though they are not part of the federal Copyright Act. The goal of the guidelines is to insure that educational institutions are at ease when using copyrighted material for educational purposes. Educational institutions include k-12 schools, colleges, universities, libraries, museums, hospitals, and nonprofit institutions. Educational use is defined as a noncommercial instruction by an educator to students at a nonprofit institution.The use of copyrighted material under educator guidelines has specific limitations addressed throughout this wiki.

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