Fair Use

Which of these is the definition of fair use?

• A type of copyright that lets others easily use your work
• Using a small amount of copyrighted work w/out permission
• A way to define copyright
• A law that protects your creative works

Copyright 

• allows owner to print or share
• is illegal
• is optional
• doesn't matter

A teacher wishes to show a copyrighted motion picture to her class for instructional purposes.

• YES Yes, since it is for classroom instruction and no admission fee is charged. 
• NO

There are 4 questions you must ask yourself to determine if your use of someone else's creation is covered by Fair Use. Which is not one of those four questions?

• How much of the work are you using?
• What is your purpose of copying it? Are you using it for school, parody, or the news?
• If you copy it, will it hurt the sales of the original work?
• Will you get caught if you copy it?

Emily is completing a project from the internet.  She is taking notes and typing the site she found the information.  Is it okay or no way?

• Okay
• No Way

The ability to use a small amount of copyrighted work without permission, but only in certain ways and in specific situations (schoolwork and education, news reporting, criticizing, or commenting on something, and comedy/parody).

• creative commons
• fair use
• license
• creative work

Randy had a one-page report to write on Abraham Lincoln.  He copied it in his own handwriting from the encyclopedia.  Okay or no way.

• Okay
• No Way

If you are using a small portion of a copyright protected song for a school project, it's okay. Why?

• It's not a popular song, so nobody cares.
• Copying the work of others for school is part of Fair Use.
• You bought the song and added it to your iTunes library.
• Your teacher really likes that song, so you might get an A.

Suzy was creating a power point for science class.  She decided to copy a picture off the internet.  She cited the URL web address.  Okay or No Way

• Okay
• No Way

An instructor wants to include photographs or music in a PowerPoint presentation for his class lecture. Does he need to seek permission from the copyright owners to do so? What if he wants to make changes to the photograph or music file?

• YES the use occurs in the face-to-face classroom plus changes made to enhance his instructional purpose
• NO