The Law of Fair Use and the Illusion of Fair-Use Guidelines

By Kenneth D. Crews

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CSM Blog

Fair Use Fearmongering, from Friends? | April 18, 2013

Creative geek Andy Baio had a hellish experience with copyright and fair use when he made "Kind of Bloop," a weird and wonderful electronic cover of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. It’s maddening to hear

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Our Nixon and Fair Use | March 29, 2013

Fair use is enabling more documentaries, and filmmakers are in the lead of making fair use work for creative practice. The latest evidence is one of the films I savored at SXSW, Our Nixon, by

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CCUMC Adopts Librarians’ Code, Retires Previous Fair Use Guidelines | January 29, 2013

The Consortium of College and University Media Centers (CCUMC) has endorsed the Association of Research Libraries’ Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries.

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