All cases that end up in a court of law must have a persuasive argument in order to win the case. To use this chart, it sometimes helps to imagine yourself in front of the judge explaining why you decided the use of the resource falls under Fair Use. It's all about making your best guess about where your item falls on the Fair Use scale.
Four Tenets to examine in order to determine Fair Use of a copyrighted work:
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FAIR USE FACTORS |
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What purpose will the work be used for?
YES NO Educational Purposes Entertainment |
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What is the nature of the work?
YES NO Factual Creative |
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How much of the work do you plan to use?
YES NO Minimal Large Amount |
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Will your use of the work affect the copyright holder's ability to make money?
YES NO This tenet is looked at most heavily by the judge. |
Please Note: If you determine that the use of the resource falls under Fair Use, you MUST attribute/cite the work.
This video gives you information about use of music and/or art in projects that are NOT school related.
School related projects fall under a provision called Fair Use
Here are websites that offer royalty free music that you can use for free for any project:
Incompetech - http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
DanoSongs - http://www.danosongs.com/
Mobygratis - http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music....
Free Soundtrack Music - http://www.freesoundtrackmusic.com/
ccMixter - http://ccmixter.org/
Partners in Rhyme - http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
Pac DV - http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/free-musi...
Public Domain 4 U - http://publicdomain4u.com/
Musopen - https://musopen.org/
Beatpick - http://www.beatpick.com/player/index
Audio Jungle - http://audiojungle.net/
Smartsound -http://www.smartsound.com/
