Non-Infringing Use

Under U.S. Copyright law, certain limited use of a copyrighted work is allowed and is not considered as infringement. "Fair use" of a copyrighted work is allowed for the limited purposes of non-commercial comment, criticism, news reporting, scholarship, classroom use, or research and is not an infringement of copyright.

Most of what you see online is protected by copyright law. Only works in the "public domain" are not protected and can be used without permission. These include items that are not eligible for copyright protection such as ideas, facts, concepts and principles. The public domain also includes works for which the copyright protection has expired, federal government documents, and works that a copyright owner grants to the public domain.

Any other use is a violation of U.S. Copyright laws.

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