Fair Use
Fair use protects some very important rights, including:
Keep in Mind:
Just because something qualifies as fair use doesn’t mean you don’t have to cite your source. You should always give credit to the original source.
- The ability of scholars to quote from other sources to build an argument or to criticize
- The ability to transform works into new scholarship, such as text and data mining
- The ability to parody works
- The ability of artists to create works inspired by others
These are considered “transformative” uses, provided that a sufficiently “new” work is created and it doesn’t hurt the market for the original work—more subjective determinations.
