“Well, it depends.” That pretty much sums up “fair use.” As publishers, authors, website designers, recording artists, and other creators of intellectual property, as well as users of such property, we would like to have certainty when we use protected material. When we decide we want to use some portion of another person’s creative works, either in the hard copy world or on our website, or copy and paste it into an email or post it to a news group or otherwise, the question arises: “Do I need permission to do so or is the use ‘fair use’ and therefor may I use it without permission?” READ MORE –>>