Listed below are various Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use, developed through multiple partnerships at The Center for Media and Social Impact to address the specific research and pedagogical needs of particular areas of study that include general scholarship, media literacy, film, visual arts, music and poetry. These assembled Best Practices:
- describe centrist, moderate practices that are neither the bare minimum nor the absolute maximum of fair use, but a comfortable middle
- are developed by practice communities themselves, without intimidation from hostile outside groups
- are grounded in library mission and practice
- are based on solid research into how courts decide fair use cases
- are informed by the latest scholarly and judicial opinions about fair use
- do not impose arbitrary and absurd limitations