Education and Fair Use
The Federal Copyright Law
P. L. 94-553
107: Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use
Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 106, THE FAIR USE OF A COPYRIGHTED WORK, including
such use BY REPRODUCTION IN COPIES or phone records or by any other means
specified by the section, FOR PURPOSES SUCH AS criticism, comment, news
reporting, TEACHING (INCLUDING MULTIPLE COPIES FOR CLASSROOM USE),
SCHOLARSHIP OR RESEARCH, IS NOT AN INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT. In
determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use,
THE FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED SHALL INCLUDE:
1) The purpose and character of the use, INCLUDING WHETHER SUCH USE of
a commercial nature or is FOR NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES;
2) The nature of the copyrighted work;
3) The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the
copyrighted work as a whole; and
4)The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the
copyrighted work. (Added Pub. L. 94-553k, title 1, 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90
Stat 2546)
[Statement adopted from the Campus Copy Center,
Philadelphia, PA)
The materials on this website are freely distributed only for the purposes
allowed under the above section, and may not be reproduced for any commercial
purpose or offered for sale.
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