Fair Use
Fair use is a legal doctrine that allows for the limited reuse of others’ copyrighted content.
You can reuse small amounts of content, such as quotes, or heavily adapted materials, like figures or tables, without the need for permission under fair use.
The following can be considered fair use and does not require permission:
Fair Use
Fair use is a legal doctrine that allows for the limited reuse of others’ copyrighted content.
You can reuse small amounts of content, such as quotes, or heavily adapted materials, like figures or tables, without the need for permission under fair use.
The following can be considered fair use and does not require permission:
- Short quotes of up to 50 words in length.
- You cannot use song lyrics or poems.
- Activity and exercise instructions are not considered quotes.
- Small amounts of heavily adapted content (single figures and tables)
- Content must adapted by significantly adding to the asset, further building upon the asset, or using the asset in a completely new manner.
- Critique, review, and further elaboration of the material are considered to be adding to the material.
- Deletions or removing elements from the content is not considered fair use.
- Reformatting the material (changing colors, redrawing elements, simple rearrangement, or font changes) without further adapting it is not considered fair use.
- Content must adapted by significantly adding to the asset, further building upon the asset, or using the asset in a completely new manner.
When using content under fair use, you must keep the following limitations in mind:
- Fair use only applies to works that originally published in the U.S.
- Fair use only covers a work's copyright, it does not extend to any privacy or personal rights an individual associated with the work may have.