Fair Use Example:

Library is going to host an election forum for the 

upcoming city council election.

The outreach librarian would like to duplicate copies

 of a recent editorial in the local paper to be

 used as a starting point for a debate among the 

candidates. She wants to give each attendee a 

copy of the editorial for background information. 

Does the librarian have a "fair use" right to copy the material?
 

First Right Example:
 

A librarian has a patron who is a small child with dyslexia. 

The student struggles to read but loves

 to be read to. The library doesn't have much budget for 

audio-visuals, so the librarian gets creative

 to meet the needs of this patron. She decides to read 

all the children's choice book award nominees

 onto cassette tapes for this child. According to the law, 

these copies would violate the right of the 

copyright owner to choose how and when to reproduce 

the works.
 

Second Right Example:
 

The youth librarian is preparing materials for the summer reading club. 

She needs something for the adults as well as the children for the

 final celebration. To attract a more sophisticated intellect, she 

decides to take one of the Harry Potter books and retell the story

 to mimic a popular television detective drama. According to law, 

this would violate copyright law because it creates a derivative 

work or adaptation.
 

Fourth Right Example:
 

During the meeting of the library board, the library director has become frustrated with the children 

of the board members who are acting up loudly at the back of the room. She calls in one of the 

library pages and asks her to set up a video of a G-rated film for these children. The page opens up 

the storytelling room and starts the video. As the word gets around the library, children of several 

of the patrons also join in. To keep the attendance to a minimum, the page closes the door. This 

showing violates the right of public performance, despite closing the door, because this group is 

more than "a family and its immediate circle of friends."