Copyright Definition:
A form of protection provided by the laws of the United States for "original works of authorship", including literary, dramatic, musical, architectural, cartographic, choreographic, pantomimic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and audiovisual creations. "Copyright" literally means the right to copy but has come to mean that body of exclusive rights granted by law to copyright owners for protection of their work. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, title, principle, or discovery. Similarly, names, titles, short phrases, slogans, familiar symbols, mere variations of typographhttps://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/definitions.htmlic ornamentation, lettering, coloring, and listings of contents or ingredients are not subject to copyright. Works Cited: U. S. Copyright Office. https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/definitions.html. Accessed 15 August 2021.
Fair Use Definition:
Fair use is an affirmative defense that can be raised in response to claims by a copyright owner that a person is infringing a copyright. Fair use permits a party to use a copyrighted work without the copyright owner’s permission for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. These purposes only illustrate what might be considered as fair use and are not examples of what will always be considered as fair use. In fact, there are no bright-line rules in determining fair use, since it is determined on a case-by-case basis. But copyright law does establish four factors that must be considered in deciding whether a use constitutes a fair use. These factors are:
Works Cited: Copyright Alliance. 2021. https://copyrightalliance.org/faqs/what-is-fair-use. Accessed 15 August 2021.