Fair Use 101
Suggested Practices
Information Ethics 101
100
The reason why you are using information or work from another source (schoolwork/education, news reporting, criticizing/commenting or comedy/parody)
What is Purpose?
100
Amount: 10% or 30 seconds whichever is less
What are Music & Lyrics?
100
Using someone else's ideas or work as if they were your own
What is Plagiarism?
200
Original work's status: copyrighted or public domain, published or unpublished, and creative or factual
What is Nature?
200
Amount: 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less
What is Animation, Video or Film Image?
200
Rewording someone else's wording
What is Paraphrase?
300
Limitations on portion of the work you are using.
What is Amount?
300
Amount: 10% or 1,000 words, whichever is less
What is Text or Printed Material?
300
Legal right of the creator to use their work in a variety of formats and authorize others to do the same.
What is Copyright?
400
The impact on the works value: availability, timeframe of use and nonprofit purpose.
What is Market Effect?
400
Amount: Single works can be used but no more than 5 by a single artist or photographer.
What are Images?
400
A nonprofit organization that contains creative works for others to use legally and to share.
What is the Creative Commons?
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