RESEARCH ETHICS
COPY RIGHT
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Copying and pasting it into a school project without citing its creator
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News reporting/critiques
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Using it for t-shirts that you are selling for a fundraiser
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.
Detailed explanation-2: -Congress codified fair use in the Copyright Act of 1976. Section 107 provides that fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use). Scholarship and research is not an infringement of copyright.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fair use allows for activities like quoting other people’s work in papers, quoting texts for literature analysis, and reconfiguring text and information to make a search engine. Fair use prevents copyright law from stifling research and criticism.