Item Favoring Fair Use

User owns lawfully acquired or purchased copy of original work

Explanation

Fair use does not allow you to distribute material that you obtained illegally. Nor does it allow you to copy an illegal copy. For example, if you attend a conference and one of the presenters passes out a copy of an article that does not include the copyright information, you could not reproduce copies for your students.




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