.In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.
It is called fair use in the USA and fair dealing in UK and international copyright laws.
The concept of fair usage exists within UK copyright law; commonly referred to as fair dealing, or free use and fair practice. It’s a framework designed to allow the lawful use or reproduction of work without having to seek permission from the copyright owner(s) or creator(s) or infringing their interest.
Fair use law is not only applicable to text-based works; it applies to musical, dramatic, artistic, literary and typographical works too. However, it does not cover the copyright of printed music.
As an exception to British copyright law, fair dealing is governed by Sections 29 and 30 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which outlines three instance where fair dealing is a legitimate defence:
If the use is for the purposes of research or private study;
If it is used for the purposes of criticism, review or quotation;
Where it is utilised for the purposes of reporting current events (this does not apply to photographs)
Ideally you should only use short quotations, reference the author or publisher and put it into quotation blocks on the forum.
You can find or information on Wikipedia.
Please note in the event of a "take down notice" from the copyright holder we would immediately remove the section and all references to it.
