Research Guides: Copyright Resource Guide: Fair Use

The 4 Factors of Fair Use

Fair Use: Legally using a copyrighted work without direct permission from the copyright owner

The fair use of a copyrighted work . . . for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement on copyright.

Fair use is not a straightforward concept, therefore fair use analysis must be conducted on a case-by-case basis.

Fair Use (from Stanford Libraries)
Fair Use Myths & Facts
Freely available under a CC BY 4.0 license. Association of Research Libraries, author.

Tools for Fair Use Analysis

Fair Use Checklist
From Columbia University Libraries. Freely available under a CC BY 4.0 license. Kenneth D. Crews and Dwayne K. Buttler, authors.
Fair Use Evaluator
Freely available under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. 2008 Michael Brewer & ALA Office for Information Technology Policy