By: Sherlynn Rocha
Quantity of copyrighted material is considered in the court when judging fair use. Even though under certain circumstances an entire copyrighted content has been seen as fair. Yet not all limited copyright material can be under fair use based on the content used, according to U.S. copyright office. There is no number that is acceptable under fair use and should be used according. The following cases include important factors with limited copyrighted material and have proven as fair use.
Religious Technology Center v. Pagliarina: Used three brief quotations and posted on internet.
The information was used for commentary and a only a small portion was used.
Authors Guild v. Google: Digital copies submitted of tens of millions of books.
Limited use of information and access of the books.
Wright v. Warner Books: Quoted six unpublished letters and ten unpublished journal entries.
The purpose was informational and less than 1% of letter and entries were used.
Copright Act uses four factors in order to see what can be used without permission which include:
1.The purpose and character of your use
2.The nature of the copyrighted work
3.The amount and substantiality of the portion taken, and
4.The effect of the use upon the potential market.
Even though every situation is different there may be a need for more than one factor and when in doubt should ask for permission.
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Hello Sherlynn.
I can tell that this posting about Fair Use required a fair amount of research on your part; you clearly did your homework when you wrote this informative piece. (Nice work!)
Because I have not yet learned about this topic, it would have been more helpful for me as the uninformed reader to read a few sentences that define key terms and explained why this is relevant as a resource for writers. It might be really useful to drive home your points by posing some examples of what is *not* considered to be fair use. That would help me think “Oh OK, now I see what this writer is trying to educate me to steer clear from.”
You mention three cases, but the statements that follow are not fully-developed sentences, so I tripped a little when I tried to understand what your intention is for me to understand. I understood that the first line in the legal case presented the problem, but was the second line a resolution, or a court ruling, or something else?
Again: this posting shows excellent work. Adding a few points of clarification and explanation will help steer the readers into a clearer understanding of this topic and how it relates to their writing. Thanks for your work!!!