The Research Process - Copyright

Our country allows faculty and students to use copyrighted material for "fair use" only. The four factors which determine fair usage are:

Purpose: The material must be used for an educational production or presentation in a classroom setting. The material must be written in the student's own words.
Nature: Is the source being used fiction/non-fiction; educational/commercial; audio/print? Non-fiction, educational and print materials are more favorably afforded fair usage privileges.
Amount: Reproduce only a small portion of any work and do not use copyrighted pictures or most of a magazine article within a production.
Effect: Will the effect of your work lead to any commercial usages? If so, do not use copyrighted material within the project/production.

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