Fair use is an exception to normal copyright rules that: recognizes that society can often benefit from the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials when the purpose of the use serves the ends of scholarship, education or an informed public. says that as long as the author is making a large profit, it is not fair to demand that society observe the normal copyright rules. O provides that as long as a person is not profiting from the use of another person's work, that person can use the work in any way that he/she chooses