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Fair Use for Digital Media
Guidelines
Recent innovations in computer and information technologies
such as high quality graphic scanners, CD-ROMs, high speed
modems, Internet, etc. have made access to, and retrieval
of, all types of media very easy. However, just because
these media are easily accessible and stored in digital
format does not mean that they are not copyright-protected!
While there is still much debate on how existing copyright
laws apply to these types of media, they should be treated
the same as traditional media with regard to copyright and
fair use.
If you are creating a multi-media project or presentation,
the following amounts may be used for two years without
obtaining permission.
- Motion Media: up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less
- Text material: up to 10 % or 1000 words, whichever is
less, of text or prose material. An entire poem of less than
250 words may be used, but no more than three poems by one
poet, or five poems by different poets from one anthology.
For poems of greater length, 250 words may be used but no
more than three excerpts by one poet or five excerpts by
different poets from a single anthology.
- Music, lyrics, music videos: Up to 10%, but in any event
no more than 30 seconds from an individual musical work
whether the work is embodied in copies or audio or
audiovisual works. Any alterations must not change the basic
melody or fundamental character of the work.
- Illustrations and photographs: a photograph or
illustration may be used in its entirety, but no more than 5
images by one artist or photographer. When using photographs
and illustrations from a published collective work, no more
than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less.
- Numerical data sets: up to 10% or 2500 fields or cell
entries, whichever is less, definition of a field entry
being a specific item of information, such as a name or
social security number.
Only three copies of the multi-media production may be
created, one for use, one for reserve, and one for archival
purposes.
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