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Examples of fair use in United States copyright law include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship. [7] Fair use provides for the legal, unlicensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factor test.
Below are some basic examples. Good use rationales will expand on why the non-free item is needed, why a free item cannot be used in its place, and what essential function it performs in each article in which it is to be used. If the media file is used in several articles, then you must include a separate use rationale for each article.
A copyright tag to claim fair use. Wikipedia's file upload function and wizard each help editors choose an appropriate tag. A list is below. Non-free images that meet Wikipedia's policy but do not fit into any of the categories below should use the tag {{Non-free fair use in|Article}}. A statement describing the source of the media.
[22] [23] YouTube's owner Google announced in November 2015 that they would help cover the legal cost in select cases where they believe fair use defenses apply. [ 24 ] Content ID
Template for images or content that can be uploaded via Wikipedia's fair use policy, meant to facilitate creating non-free use rationales with the necessary components. Please read Wikipedia:Non-free content for the relevant policies. This template is used by the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard.
If the article text comments on the image itself, then write so because that strengthens the fair use claim. It may be preferable to use the template {{non-free use rationale}} when adding the fair use rationale. The examples below are generic and meant for reference, and are not meant to be copied verbatim to fair use media pages.
TemplateData for Non-free fair use This template should be used on the description page of non-free images that do not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories. It does not replace the non-free use rationale template, which is required on the image description page to explain how the image is used in a way consistent ...
Fair use is a limitation and exception to the copyright law. According to the Hofstra Law Review, “If mashup artists could prove that they use others’ songs or clips to criticize, comment, or teach, then mashup artists might be able to use the copyrighted material without authorization." [27]