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Copyright and Fair Use

information on copyright and fair use for faculty and students

copyright law

Full text of the United States Copyright Law may be found at: https://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Copyright information

Librarians are always available for guidance and additional resources however not for legal advice

copyright

Fair Use 

 Use the four factor test to determine fair use when using copyrighted work for teaching or research. 

Source: American Library Association (2019, March 21). Copyright for Libraries: Fair Use. https://libguides.ala.org/copyright/fairuse

Gauge Your Risk 

 

Image credit: Figure 14.1.  “Gauge Your Risk” stoplight model. Adapted from “Teaching Our Faculty: Developing Copyright and Scholarly Communication Outreach Programs,” by J. Duncan, S. K. Clement, and B. Rozum, 2013, in S. Davis-Kahl and M. K. Hensley (Eds.), Common ground at the nexus of information literacy and scholarly communication, p. 280. Copyright 2013 by the Association of College and Research Libraries. 


Source: NYU Libraries (17 Feb 2021). Copyright: Applying Fair Use. https://guides.nyu.edu/fairuse