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Copyright Portion Limitations by Media Type

Text Material	Up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less, of a single copyrighted work of text.
Motion Media	Up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less, of a single copyrighted motion media work
Text Material - Poems	An entire poem of less than 250 words • but no more than three poems by one poet, • or five poems by different poets from any single anthology. In poems of greater length: •up to 250 words •but no more than three excerpts by a single poet •or five excerpts by different poets from a single anthology.
Music, Lyrics, and Music Video	•Up to 10% •but no more than 30 seconds of music and lyrics from a single musical work •Any alterations to a musical work shall not change the basic melody or the fundamental character of the work.
Illustrations and Photographs	Reproduction or incorporation of photographs and illustrations is more difficult to define with regard to fair use because fair use usually precludes the use of an entire work. A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety. •No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer. •Not more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a single published collected work.
Copyright for teachers: Report of the House Committee on the Judiciary (House Report No. 94-1476) Fair Use. Section 107 of Title 17 of the U.S.Code Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-for-Profit	Educational Institutions I. Single Copying for Teachers A single copy may be made of any of the following by or for a teacher at his or her individual request for his or her scholarly research or use in teaching or preparation to teach a class: A. A chapter from a book; B. An article from a periodical or newspaper; C. A short story, short essay or short poem, whether or not from a collective work; D. A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper.

Section 7 of the US Copyright Code:
In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use,
the factors to be considered are:

(1) the purpose and
character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the
copyrighted work;

3) the amount and
substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;

4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

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