{"id":824,"date":"2017-04-03T21:33:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/?post_type=chapter&p=824"},"modified":"2017-04-13T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:09:10","slug":"common-examples-of-fair-use","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-researchsuccess\/chapter\/common-examples-of-fair-use\/","title":{"raw":"Common Examples of Fair Use","rendered":"Common Examples of Fair Use"},"content":{"raw":"Students and teachers rely on fair use in order to accomplish many of their educational goals. Below are some, but by no means all, educational activities that rely upon fair use.\r\n

Student Projects<\/strong><\/h1>\r\nIncludes both media and text.\r\n\r\nYour fair use analysis will change depending on how the project is presented, i.e. only the professor sees it, you present it to the whole class, you present it to a group outside of the class, or you post it online for anyone to see.\r\n

Course Reserves<\/strong><\/h1>\r\nIncludes electronic reserves.\r\n\r\nInstructors may copy or post small portions of books or journals for supplementary student readings, but cannot copy entire copyrighted works as a replacement for materials that students would normally be required to purchase.\r\n

Sound or Video Clips for Teaching<\/strong><\/h1>\r\nStudents and teachers can make use of video or sound clips in creating multi-media presentations for use in the classroom.\r\n

Digitization Projects<\/strong><\/h1>\r\nMany university libraries rely on fair use in order to create large scale digitization projects that preserve older materials, as well as providing improved access to their collections for the purpose of research. For an example of this type of digitization project check out the HathiTrust Digital Library<\/a>.\r\n

Content in Scholarly Articles<\/strong><\/h1>\r\nIt is common to quote other researchers\u2019 writings or use others\u2019 images, graphs or charts in your own scholarly writing. These practices have long been considered acceptable under fair use.\r\n

Access for the Disabled<\/strong><\/h1>\r\nWhen specific exemptions don\u2019t fit.\r\n\r\nWhile there are specific exceptions that allow for making copies of copyrighted works in order to provide access to the visually handicapped, they are sometimes too narrow to provide complete access. In these cases it is possible to rely upon fair use in order to provide access to materials.\r\n

Fair Use for Non-Educational Purposes<\/strong><\/h1>\r\nFair use is not only available for educational purposes. Many other commercial and non-commercial activities depend upon fair use. Some of these common fair uses include:\r\n