The Legal Bits

This Podcast is Free With These Qualifications

    • There is no charge for listening to the free CraftLit via its feed.
    • If a work is in the public domain, it is licensed under under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-International 4.0 License, as is any commentary of mine. (i.e., anyone other than Heather Ordover may not charge for access to CraftLit.)
    • If copyrighted work is contained in an episode, it is noted in the show notes and you must obtain permission from the copyright holder or exercise judgment on Fair Use (see below).
    • It is my sincere intention to respect all copyrights. If an author or publisher finds that I am in error, please notify me and I will set things to rights immediately.

Fair Use

  • Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

    (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
    (2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
    (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
    (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

    The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.

    Source