Get Of 4 - U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright

Fair use of copyrighted works, as stated in US copyright law, “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”

Factor 1: The Purpose and Character of the Use. Factor 2: The Nature of the Copyrighted Work. Factor 3: The Amount or Substantiality of the Portion Used. Factor 4: The Effect of the Use on the Potential Market for or Value of the Work. Resources.

• Not a bright-line rule, but a weighing of factors: The Purpose and Character of the use. The Nature of the copyrighted work used. The Amount and Substantiality used. The effect on the market from the use.

Today, the Copyright Office's staff of around 440 people, headed by the Register of Copyrights, is responsible for administering a complex and dynamic set of laws. The Copyright Office examines hundreds of thousands of copyright claims per year, resulting in an average of over half a million registrations annually.

Fair use of copyrighted works, as stated in US copyright law, “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”

The Copyright Office's fee per filing can range between $45 to $85, and sometimes up to 10 songs can be filed together.

These criteria have been stated in various ways, but essentially they can all be reduced to the four standards which have been adopted in section 107: “(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the ...

Help students connect their ideas to the Four Factors of Fair Use: purpose, nature, amount, and effect. Explain that, as with any creative work that involves fair use, it depends on the situation.