Guidelines for Fair Use in Education
Few guidelines have been established to define the extent of fair use and even
fewer have emerged to address the complex questions of digital fair use. This is
largely due to the wide variety of copyrightable works and the new ways these works
may be used in the academic setting.
The guidelines provided in the following sections have been developed from
a variety of sources external to the University of Washington and do not address
every situation that may arise.
UW has not adopted official guidelines for determining fair use.
Uses Not in Guidelines
If your particular use is not covered by the guidelines, it does not mean your
use is not a fair use, only that no guidelines have been developed. Similarly,
if your use exceeds the limits imposed in the guidelines, your use may still
be a fair use.
If your use is not covered by the guidelines, a thorough analysis of the fair
use factors is required.