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Fair Use is the conditions that one must follow when they want to use another person's information or software without having to pay them royalties. The conditions for fair use are listed in Section 107 of the copyright law. The conditions that affect whether or not a use is fair include:
 * What is Fair Use?**


 * 1) What the materials are going to be used for, whether they are commercial, educational, or personal use.
 * 2) What the nature of the materials are.
 * 3) How much of the materials you are going to use in ratio to the entire copyrighted work.
 * 4) How the materials would affect the market if it was released.



**Recent Court Cases**
 * An author copied most of the materials from a manuscript that hadn’t been finished. He used it to help provide evidence that someone was involved in the defeat of the Iranian government. This was unfair use because that part of the manuscript had yet to be published. (//Love v. Kwitny//, 772 F. Supp. 1367 (S.D. N.Y. 1989).)
 * An author that was writing a biography of a famous person copied parts from the person’s unpublished letters. This was fair use because he copied less than 1% and the purpose was informational. (//Wright v. Warner Books, Inc.//, 953 F.2d 731 (2d Cir. 1991).)
 * A triavia game maker made a game based of the Seinfeld television series. He used direct quotations in the majority of the cards. This was unfair use because it directly affected the available market for such games and damaged the owner’s chances of making money. ( //Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. v. Carol Publ. Group//, 150 F.3d 132 (2d Cir. 1998).)
 * During a political campaign. A candidate borrowed 15 seconds of his opponents campaign song. This was fair use because he used so little of it and it was for the purpose of a political debate. (//Keep Thomson Governor Comm. v. Citizens for Gallen Comm.//, 457 F. Supp. 957 (D. N.H. 1978).)

//More examples of recent court cases involving fair use:// http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-c.html

**Bibliography**
 * "Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - Summaries of Fair Use Cases." //Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center//. Web. 11 Jan. 2011. .
 * "U.S. Copyright Office - Fair Use." //U.S. Copyright Office//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2011. <http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.