Fair Use

For this Fair Use Question of the Month, an author writes in to the Center about using still shots and machinima from multiplayer online role-playing games, as well as what she should do if video game companies won't respond to requests to license material.

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If you're in the Amherst College area, or in New York during the week of October 24th , perhaps we'll meet and have a chance to talk about exercising our free speech rights under the fair use doctrine without fear. We're having group brainstorming, and prizes! Here are the opportunities: Read more...

The Center for Social Media would like to welcome Elisa Kreisinger as a contributor to our blog!  Elisa is "a feminist video remixer making better stories about women that don't revolve around men (or babies!) through remix storytelling."  You can check out her work, including her most popular remix work of Sex and the City at her website.
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This month's fair use question comes from a filmmaker who wants to use photos and letters from a now-deceased man in his film but cannot find the copyright owner. 

You can find this question and more in Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi's new book, Reclaiming Fair Use.

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Jonathan McIntosh, creator of Right Wing Radio Duck and Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed, has made another fantastic new remix video that employs the fair use principles in the Code of Best Practices for Online Video. Read more...