The Four Factors of Fair Use

Which of the following is NOT a factor of fair use?

• Amount

• Nature

• Purpose

• Standard

• Effect

Which of the following situations is LEAST LIKELY to be fair use?

• A teacher using a photograph in a presentation to their class.

• A journalist using a video clip in a news story.

• A late-night comedian using a photo as part of a joke.

• A sports fan using a team's logo to make his own souvenirs to sell.

Angel likes to create digital artwork and share it on his social media. To get more people to check out his profile, he started posting other peoples' images without including the original creators' names. Are Angel's actions an example of fair use?

• No. You can't post others' images on social media.

• Yes. Angel is only changing the picture he created.

• No. Angel needs to cite his sources and give proper credit.

• Yes. Angel is not changing other people's work.

Alicia and James are working on a project together. They have to make a video about their community. They found a short video someone made of their neighborhood using a drone. They want to use the full video and record their voices over it. What advice would you give Alicia and James?

• Make sure they include some background music to make it interesting

• Use only a small clip, or get permission from the creator to use the entire video

• Make it their own by editing the video to be in black and white

Vocabulary!

• A piece of artwork made by piecing together different materials, photos, images, or other artwork

• Collage

• Legal protection that creators have over the things they create

• Copyright

• Reworking a portion of a song or sound recording 

  into a new composition

• Fair Use

• Creative work that's not copyrighted and free to use without permission

• Sampling

• The ability to use copyrighted work without permission, but only in certain ways and specific situat

• Public Domain

How confident do you feel about the four factors of fair use?

• Dude, I got this!

• Meh, I could use some help.

• The four what?