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For each video, consider the following questions: Why is this video fair use? What specific categories of fair use does the video employ? What arguments can you make for why this video is fair use?

The Center for Social Media has created a set of teaching tools for professors who are interested in teaching their students about fair use. The tools include powerpoints with lecture notes, guidelines for in-class discussions and exercises, assignments and grading rubrics. We hope you'll find them useful!

Since the release of The Statement of Best Practices we have received many inquires about fair use. Here are some of our more commonly asked items.

Aufderheide and Jaszi discuss the successes of the Statement of Best Practices in an article published in Intellectual Property Today.

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IPTodaySuccess.pdf