Figgy Fair Use Laws

The skin of this fig is Fair Use Laws
that separates the interior 'protected' pulp
from the outside world.

Using someone else's work is plagiarism. Copyright protection happens upon creation.  However, there are instances when copyrighted information can be use without purchase or permission. These are instances are covered by Fair Use Laws. Fair Use Laws are the legal line between the public domain, copyright-free works and protected copyrighted works.

Much like the skin of a fig where the thin skin separates the interior, protected pulp from the outside, wild-and-free world.

Fair Use of copyrighted material include times when it is used for
1) educational purposes,
2) a limited amount of time,
3) critical review or comment,
4) as parody, or
5) oh drat...what's that other one? NEWS, right!...used as a news report.