The Copyright Act includes a group of exceptions called the fair dealing exceptions. They allow uses of copyright protected material that are fair and for specific purposes such as research, review or parody. For more on the fair dealing exceptions see: The fair dealing exceptions.
If you use a copyrighted work without authorization, the owner may be entitled to bring an infringement action against you. There are circumstances under the fair use doctrine where a quote or a sample may be used without permission.
Fair use is a U.S. legal doctrine that helps support freedom of expression by allowing the unlicensed use of a copyrighted work in certain circumstances. Examples of fair use include criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research.
Such permission is referred to as a licence. Copyright owners may grant a licence that is subject to certain conditions such as the payment of a fee or royalty or limit the licence as to time, place or purpose. The Copyright Act also provides creators with certain non-economic rights known as moral rights.
Text: Up to 10% or 1,000 words, whichever is less. (The limits on poetry are more restrictive.) Music: Up to 10% of an individual copyrighted musical composition, or up to 10% of a copyrighted musical composition embodied on a sound recording.
The fair dealing provisions allow limited use of copyright material without requiring permission from the copyright owner. Fair dealing only applies to certain purposes: Research or study. Criticism or review.
A fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work or with audio-visual items is not an infringement of copyright where the dealing is for the purpose of: Research or study. Criticism or review. Parody or satire.
Fair use is a United States legal concept. It sets out exceptions to permit limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the copyright owner. Fair use does not apply in Australia.
First, reach out to the copyright owners or rightsholders directly and negotiate the appropriate licenses for your use. Then, check the license. Licenses have explicit permission for using the content and often include limitations for how the content is used.
Generally copyright lasts for: 70 years for works after the death of the author. 70 years from publication for sound recordings and films after being made public. 50 years for television and radio broadcasts after being broadcast.
Section 107 of the Copyright Act gives examples of purposes that are favored by fair use: “criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, [and] research.” Use for one of these “illustrative purposes” is not automatically fair, and uses for other purposes can be ...
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Fair Dealing exceptions are provisions in The Copyright Act 1968 which allow individuals to reproduce some limited works for free - without obtaining permission from the copyright owner.
About Fair Use
Section 107 of the Copyright Act provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that may qualify as fair use.
Here's a sample fair use statement you can use: I do not own this content. All credits go to its rightful owner.
Copyright owners have the right to request a fee in return for giving permission for their material to be used. Fees will vary depending on the material involved, the intended use and the copyright owner's discretion. Fees may vary from a flat fee to a fee structure or percentage based on number of uses etc.
Giving credit to the owner of a copyrighted work won't by itself turn a non-transformative copy of their material into fair use. Phrases like “all rights go to the author” and “I do not own” don't automatically mean you're making fair use of that material.