The Fair Use Balancing Test
Once you have looked at all of the factors, you can assess if, taken as a whole, your use seems likely to be fair or likely to be unfair. No single factor is determinative; therefore, you could "strike out" in three categories but have the remaining category weigh so strongly in favor of fair use that, overall, your use is deemed fair.
This tool was designed by the American Library Association to help users better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code. The tool will help you to collect, organize, and archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation by providing you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records. This could prove valuable should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it.
Helpful Websites
Suggested Books (print)
Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law
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The Creative Artist's Legal Guide
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Downloading Copyrighted Stuff from the Internet
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