Copyright law protects others work by requiring those who want to use it to receive permission to use it from the creator. Things under copyright law cannot be used without permission, recreated, or copied. Some examples of people that this law protects is artist and musicians. An easy way to remember this law is protecting your work from others trying to use it without your permission.
Fair Use is the exception that allows copyrighted materials to be used without permission for certain reasons. This law allows people, such as students, to use copyrighted materials for projects, teaching, research, and news reporting. The use of copyrighted materials under the fair use law must be used for something other than their original purpose.