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This webpage touched on the idea of public domain. I think it goes hand in hand with the two other websites that I bookmarked about Copyright and Fair Use. It also presented different sections that contain information about public domain in different countries, modified works, and compilations among other things.

I thought this was a pretty interesting find! It's a free tool that evaluates fair usage. You enter the context, purpose, and nature of your intended use and it's effect on market value or the value of the copyrighted work, and then it calculates the fairness for you.

A website that explains the basics of fair use.

Quick list of guidelines that you can compare an work to and see if it meets the criteria for "fair use"

This site explains in very simple terms the definitions of copyright and fair use.

This is a very good website, with descriptions of all types of copyrights that are able to be had. From written work, music and websites, this website shows what is appropriate to be copyrighted, as well as how to do so.

This article explains Fair Use in terms of its four factors, cases involving it, comments and criticisms, and disagreements regarding it.

This gives a great over-view of fair use, and links out to factors and case studies.

This site gives a clear and concise explanation of what fair use is and how it works.

By far the best resource I found on the subject. It uses real work example of litigation.

This website provides information on Chapter 9 regarding fair use. It states the public is free to portions of material that is copyrighted for certain purposes. It also gives information for Chapter 7 for educational fair use guidelines.