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TITLE 17 Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports. There are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentage of a work. Whether a particular use qualifies as fair use depends on all the circumstances.

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html

Seems that some like to throw out big words they don't understand. . . .

Since I have again been accused of plagiarism for posting YouTubes and short introductions w/links to interesting topics, here are some of the pertinent rulings on fair use: