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What is Fair Use?
There are certain specified limitations to the rights
of copyright holders, each of which are addressed by different
sections of copyright law. These include: Fair Use
(Section
107); reproduction by libraries and archives
(Section
108); and "First Sale," or the transfer of a
legally acquired copy of a work
(Section
109). For certain uses, users do not have to
seek permission from copyright owners to use material.
Fair Use of copyright material is allowed for
purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching,
scholarship, or research.
To judge whether a use of copyright material is fair
use or not, the law provides for a
four factor
test.
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