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Fair Use: From Monster in the Shadows to Leveler of the Playing Field

Filmmaker Kelly NyksFor Kelly Nyks, director of Split: A Divided America-- a documentary film about partisan divides in American society—learning about fair use made distribution possible.Read more...

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Use Your Exemptions

US CopyrightAre you a teacher, a student, a maker, a DVD owner, an owner of a smartphone or an iPad? You may have something to say to the Copyright Office very soon.Read more...

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Public Funding and Documentaries at IDFA

IDFA logoFunds from public broadcasting and other taxpayer funds to promote culture continue to be essential to production of social-issue documentaries, if this year’s crop of docs at The International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) is any guide.Read more...

Kisses, Broken Cameras and Bananas: Human Rights, Corporate Ethics and more in IDFA Documentaries

Putin's Kiss At The International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA), held at the end of November, documentaries from around the world probed social issues with compelling stories. Read more...

Fair use without fear, this week at Amherst, Columbia, Arts Engine and UnionDocs! Oh, and with prizes

Patricia AufderheideIf 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...

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