If there is any aspect of copyright that an educator needs to be informed about, it is section 107, or rather, the Fair Use clause. Without fair use, photocopying short passages and sharing with students would be against the law; library reserves would be against the law; creating something completely original with a copyrighted work as the inspiration would be against the law. Unfortunately, applying fair use is not a cut and dry practice. What may be completely fair use to me, may seem like copyright infringement to someone else (often the creator). Nonetheless, understanding how fair use can be applied is the most important strategy to empowering one self while also abiding by the law.