Showing a movie for entertainment purposes may require a license. A license may not be necessary, though, if the showing is for educational purposes, it is part of face-to-face teaching activities in a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar location devoted to educational instruction, and the copy of the movie being shown was […]
No. Use for educational purposes often is fair use, but that is not always the case. If a teacher makes photocopies of a textbook and distributes them to his students in lieu of purchasing copies or requiring the students to purchase their own copies of the book, it will have a very negative effect on
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Courts consider four factors when deciding whether a particular use is fair use or not: Purpose and character of the use. Nonprofit use is more likely to be fair use than use for commercial gain is. Transformative use is more likely to be fair use than non-transformative use is. Nature of the work. Use of
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