Section 2:
Types of Fair Use
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Commentary and Criticism
If you are commenting upon or critiquing a copyrighted work, fair use principles allow you to reproduce some of the work to achieve your purposes. Some examples of commentary and criticism include:
- Quoting a few lines from a Lourde song in a music review
- Summarizing and quoting from an academic journal article on childhood obesity
-Copying a few paragraphs from a news article for use by a teacher or student in a lesson, or
- Copying a portion of a People magazine article for use in a related court case.
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