Fair Use Guidelines at William Paterson UniversityAs
a non-profit educational institution, we enjoy certain exemptions to the Copyright
Law, which allow instructors and Library Reserves to make copies of materials
within "fair use" guidelines. The four "fair use" factors
are used to determine if a use is fair by considering: the purpose of the use;
the nature of the copyrighted work; the amount/substantiality of copied portion;
and the potential market effect. The Copyright Act of 1976 offers these four factors
as guidelines for analyzing a variety of situations where instructors may wish
to make copies and thus allows for individual interpretation of these factors
on a document-by-document basis.At William Paterson University, "Fair
Use" of copyrighted material is generally defined as the one time use of:
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a single article from an issue of a periodical or newspaper
- a single
chapter from a book
- a short story, essay or poem
- a single
graphic representation - chart , diagram, cartoon, illustration
- a legally
acquired video or music recording
Repeated use, from year to year or semester
to semester, requires permission from the copyright holder. |
