Fact · Transcription
US copyright law says that fair use of a work for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research is not an infringement of copyright.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
17 U.S. Code § 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, n.d., 17 U.S.C. 107, opening sentence.
Open the original- What it measures
- The sentence begins with the words 'Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A', which set out the copyright owner's exclusive rights.
- What it does not show
- The listed purposes are examples, not an exhaustive list. Transcribing a whole video for personal use is not one of the listed purposes, but the other factors still apply.