Ball State Fair Use Guidelines Fair Use and the Four Factors F air use is defined in The Copyright Law of the United States of America, Title 17, Sec.
Fair use is a privilege .
Whether your use of copyrighted material is fair use or not depends upon the four factors detailed in the Copyright Act. More importantly, fair use is determined by balancing all of these factors in relation to the use. As members of Ball State University, a nonprofit education institution, the Copyright Act provides important protection when good faith and acting reasonably are applied in determining the privilege of fair use in the classroom. A good faith effort means that you have considered all applications of the four factors. Some of the considerations to apply when using the four factors include the following judgements.