Fair Use Guidelines

Fair Use allows the limited use of copyrighted material without first acquiring permission from the copyright owner.

Although permission is not required, it is preferred because the interpretation of fair use content can be debated by entities and lead to copyright litigation. If permission is obtained, this alleviates/eliminates concern related to possible copyright infringement.

Reference the source, and include the Fair Use Notice below. Providing credit to the owner/author of the work(s) that have been sampled is helpful.

Fair Use Notice

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The content made available through the publication and site may contain copyrighted material, the use of which may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Notwithstanding, a copyright owner’s rights under the Copyright Act, Section 107, of the Copyright Act allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, for purposes such as education, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research, and criticism. These “fair uses” are permitted even if the use of the work could otherwise be viewed as protected. The material contained is distributed without profit for educational and information purposes. Only small portions of the original work are being used and those could not be used easily to duplicate the original work.

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