Item Opposing Fair Use
Significantly impairs market or potential market for copyrighted work or derivative
Explanation
Many people are under the mistaken impression that they cannot violate copyright law if they do not make any money from the copies they made. However, copyright law is not concerned about whether or not you profit from the copies. The law is concerned about the lose of profit suffered by the copyright owner.
The Plagiarism Handbook (Harris, 2001) includes worksheets and quizzes that you can reproduce for use in your classes if you purchase a copy of the handbook. However, you could not reproduce the worksheets and quizzes if your department had purchased a copy to share. While it is perfectly legal to share the copy of a book, only one member of the department could legally reproduce the material in it without impairing the market.
Please note: The owner of The Plagiarism Handbook is not able to make repeated copies of the handouts and quizzes in the book because doing so is fair use. Instead, she or he can make the copies because Dr. Harris has given permission for such copies.
