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Fair Use Checklist

Used under a Creative Commons BY license from the Copyright Advisory Office of Columbia University, Kenneth D. Crews, director. See https://copyright.columbia.edu/basics/fair-use/fair-use-checklist.html

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Purpose

Favoring Fair Use

Opposing Fair Use

 Teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use)  Commercial activity
 Research  Profiting from the use
 Scholarship  Entertainment
 Nonprofit educational institution  Bad-faith behavior
 Criticism  Denying credit to original author
 Comment
 News reporting
 Transformative or productive use (changes the work for new utility)
 Restricted access (to students or other appropriate group)
 Parody
Nature

Favoring Fair Use

Opposing Fair Use

 Published work  Unpublished work
 Factual or nonfiction based  Highly creative work (art, music, novels, films, plays)
 Important to favored educational objectives                                                                                   Fiction

Amount

Favoring Fair Use

Opposing Fair Use

 Small quantity  Large portion or whole work used
 Portion used is not central or significant to entire work                                                                   Portion used is central to work or “heart of the work”
 Amount is appropriate for favored educational purpose

Effect

Favoring Fair Use

Opposing Fair Use

 User owns lawfully acquired or purchased copy of original work  Could replace sale of copyrighted work
 One or few copies made  Significantly impairs market or potential market for copyrighted work or derivative
 No significant effect on the market or potential market for copyrighted work                                  Reasonably available licensing mechanism for use of the copyrighted work
 No similar product marketed by the copyright holder  Affordable permission available for using work
 Lack of licensing mechanism  Numerous copies made
 You made it accessible on the Web or in other public forum
 Repeated or long term use
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