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FAIR USE

[|limitation and exception] to the [|exclusive right] granted by [|copyright] law to the author of a creative work, is a [|doctrine] in [|United States copyright law] that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use include commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factor [|balancing test]. The term //fair use// originated in the United States. A similar principle, [|fair dealing], exists in some other [|common law] jurisdictions. [|Civil law] jurisdictions have other [|limitations and exceptions to copyright].