United States Code
TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS 
*	CHAPTER 1 - SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT 

Sec. 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities 

*	(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 710, it is not an infringement of copyright for an authorized entity to reproduce or to distribute copies or phonorecords of a previously published, nondramatic literary work if such copies or phonorecords are reproduced or distributed in specialized formats exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities. 

*	(b) 
*	(1) Copies or phonorecords to which this section applies shall - 
*	(A) not be reproduced or distributed in a format other than a specialized format exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities; 
*	(B) bear a notice that any further reproduction or distribution in a format other than a specialized format is an infringement;  and 
	(C) include a copyright notice identifying the copyright owner  and the date of the original publication. 

*	(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to standardized, secure, or norm-referenced tests and related testing material, or to computer programs, except the portions thereof that are in conventional human language (including descriptions of pictorial works) and displayed to users in the ordinary course of using the computer programs. 

*	(c) For purposes of this section, the term - 
*	(1) ''authorized entity'' means a nonprofit organization or a governmental agency that has a primary mission to provide specialized services relating to training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities; 
*	(2) ''blind or other persons with disabilities'' means individuals who are eligible or who may qualify in accordance with the Act entitled ''An Act to provide books for the adult blind'', approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) to receive books and other produced in specialized 
formats; and 
	(3) ''specialized formats'' means braille, audio, or digital text which is exclusively for use by blind or other persons with disabilities. 


United States Code
TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS 
*	CHAPTER 1 - SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT 

Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use 

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include - 

(1)  the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work; 

(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and 

(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. 

The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors