Another important provision within copyright law is that of fair use. Fair use is a limitation on copyright
law that allows for the use of protected works without prior authorization in specific cases. For example,
if a teacher wanted to discuss a current event in her class, she could pass out copies of a copyrighted news
story to her students without first getting permission. Fair use is also what allows a student to quote a small
portion of a copyrighted work in a research paper.