LibGuides: Copyright and Plagiarism: Fair Use

What is Fair Use?

Fair Use: a legal doctrine that portions of copyrighted materials may be used without permission of the copyright owner provided the use is fair and reasonable, does not substantially impair the value of the materials, and does not curtail the profits reasonably expected by the owner (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20use)

Fair Use
From the Copyright Resources Center, Ohio State University.
Fair Use Checklist
Worksheet designed by Cornell University to assist in applying Fair Use Doctrine.
Fairest of Them All and Other Fairy Tales of Fair Use
Essay on fair use by David Nimmer
Panel Issues Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom
Jeffrey Young in Chronicle of Higher Education reports on a panel of educators and lawyer's guide to using copyrighted material in the classroom.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
Center for Social Media: School of Communication, American University.

CONFU

Confu: The conference on fair use
Copyright in the Library
Libraries have a special set of exemptions from liability for copyright infringement when they exercise some of the exclusive rights of copyright holders such as making copies, displaying and performing works publicly, and distributing works to the public. They also enjoy the protections of other more general exemptions, such as fair use. Copyright in the library is a set of short articles that explain each of the law's special privileges and the conditions under which libraries enjoy them

Guidelines

Guidelines for Images

Fair Use Guidelines For Digital Images provides useful information for assessing fair use of digital images.