Question

Read the following scenario and decide whether it is fair use and why Donnie has a major paper do for school he finds a great website covering the information online he cuts and paste sections to put into his report he doesn’t need a bibliography for the paper so he doesn’t include one is this fair use? A) no because he did not cite the source B) no because using information from websites for school project always violates fair use C) yes because he is using the website for educational purposes D) yes because he copied the source word for word

Answer 1

The answer is A, he did not cite the source. Fair use is the ability to use material made by others for the purpose of education, commentary, criticism, and anything else that is considered "transformative". Although fair use means you do not need permission to use material made by others, you do need to cite it.