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Fair Use

-- A  limited amount of copyrighted works may be used by educators for certain purposes however it is always best to get permission.

Keep in mind these four principles:

Fair use is determined by 

  1. The purpose of the use
  2. The nature of the work used
  3. The amount and substantiality of the work used, and
  4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the work used.

Several links are listed below to help the user of this guide to interpret these four principles. 


This work by Mercer University Libraries is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License