Fair Use

Fair Use grants permission to copy for the following reasons:

• Reproduction for purposes of criticism
• Comments/News reporting
• Teaching/Scholarship/Research

To determine if the use of a copyrighted work is Fair Use, the following four factors must be xonsidered and weighed all together:

1. The purpose & nature of the use (How is it to be used?) - for education, for nonprofit, for personal
2. The nature of the copyrighted work (What is being used?) - fact, something published, unpublished work
3. The nature & substantiality of the material used (How much of the work will you use?) - small amount, more than small amount
4. The effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the work - original is out of print or otherwise unavailable, competes with the original, copyright owner is unidentifiable

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