print email comment close Copyright Information & Education: Fair Use URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/fairuse.phtml Description: Overview of the fair use doctrine "which allows users of copyrighted works to exercise some rights under certain circumstances without seeking permission or paying royalties." It is "probably the most important exemption to copyright protections for educational settings, allowing many uses of copyrighted works for the purposes of teaching and research." Includes a description of the four fair use factors and tools for evaluating the applicability of the doctrine. From the University of Minnesota Libraries. Publisher: Regents of the University of Minnesota Library of Congress Subject Headings: Copyright Fair use (Copyright) LII Database Information: Record 20628 created by Maria Brandt on 02/12/2006 Last modification on 02/21/2006 Published: 02/23/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20628