First, a person needs to think about the purpose of using the material accessed online. If the material is used solely for non-profit educational purposes, it most likely falls under fair use. If, however, the material is used as part of a larger product or work designed for profit, then copyright infringement occurs. In some cases, the amount of copyrighted work used can influence whether or not it is considered a fair use of copyright infringement (U.S. Copyright Office, 2012). After reviewing key factors regarding why a particular work is used, an individual should also consider approved lists of fair use material for educational or non-profit purposes. Overall, fair use material may include a chapter from a book, an article from a news medium, a short story, an essay, a poem containing fewer than 250 words, 10% of a total work or less and copies of illustrations used only once. Violations of the fair use policy include distributing copies of works, reusing works, and copying works more than nine times in a semester in an educational setting (University of Maryland University College,