Library Policies

Fair Use INCLUDES:

• quotations of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment
• quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author’s observations
• use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied (think Saturday Night Live)
• summary, with brief quotations, in a news report
• reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy
• reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson that does not impact potential market for the work
• reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports
• incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported

Fair Use does NOT include

• copying an entire textbook or portions of a textbook to avoid paying for it
• scanning and distributing an entire article for non-academic purposes
• copying and reusing an article every semester for a class
• copying music, software, articles, books, eBooks, etc. and placing it/them on a shared network drive or in a course shell on the internet for downloading or using
• copying a movie from one format (DVD, Blu-Ray etc.) and reformatting it in another (DVD, Blue-ray, MP4, etc.)
• Streaming a movie from an individual account for use with a class

MYTH: Everything on the Internet is “Free” for educational use

MYTH: If I buy/borrow a copy of_______, I can share it with whomever I want

MYTH: Showing a movie is perfectly o.k. in online and on-ground classes I can use my own or rent it

MYTH: Copyright applies to non-educational uses; educators are exempt

MYTH: If I get an article from ILL, I can use it every single semester.

FACT: Copyright Law applies to all types of educational uses, and Fair Use is not cart blanche to use anything you want