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CSM Materials:
Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices
in Fair Use (available November 18th) Join
us for the Launch>>
FAQ
about the Statement>>
“Yes, you can!”
–Where you don’t even need ‘fair use’
By Peter Jaszi, this helpful guide offers insight into what falls
into the category of free use. Read>>
Stories Untold by Brigid Maher
This short film underscores the points
in Untold Stories: Creative Consequences
of the Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary Filmmakers with
interviews and examples.
Broadband
version (43 Mb, streaming)
Or read a transcription in PDF
format
Related Fair Use Projects
Copyright & Free Expression
The
Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP), part of the Brennan Center
for Justice at NYU, published a fully revised and updated edition
of "The Progress of Science and Useful Arts": Why
Copyright Today Threatens Intellectual Freedom -- a summary
of the major controversies over file-sharing, fair use, the ever-receding
public domain, the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act,"
and more.
The Free Expression Policy Project is also doing
research to learn how well "fair use" is working under
the U.S. copyright system. Read a brief introduction to the project>>
The Duke University Law School's Arts
Project Go>>
The Arts Project analyzes the effects of intellectual
property on cultural production.
Press Coverage
Copyright
vs. Creativity by Kimberly Brown, RealScreen,
May/June 2005
Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jazsi are quoted discussing the Untold
Stories project, problems with current clearance rights issues,
and what a statement of best practices can do to help.
Bill Moyers Quotes Center Director in Keynote
At FreePress'
National Conference for Media Reform held in St. Louis from
May 13-15, award-winning journalist Bill Moyers gave a keynote address.
In his speech, Moyers quoted Center executive director Pat Aufderheide's
April 21 In These Times article "Too
Much Media."
Click here to listen to Moyers' speech on the importance of
public media to democratic discourse. Go
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The
Cost of Clearance: The expense and complication of using copyrighted
materials by Matt Dunne, The
Independent, April 2005
Dunne's article summarizes the results of Untold Stories, and provides
insight into the next phase of work:drafting a statement of best
practices in fair use. The article was published in The Independent,
a publication of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
(AIVF). Visit the
site>>
Untold Stories by Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi appears
in Winter
2005 Filmmaker (Vol. 13, #2)
A Struggle for Rights: Eyes on the Prize Mired in Money Battle
By DeNeen L. Brown and Hamil R. Harris
Washington Post, January 17, 2005 (Must be a registered user to
access the link.)
How
copyright could be killing culture
By Guy Dixon
Globe and Mail, January 17, 2005
Bleary
Days for Eyes on the Prize
By Katie Dean
Wired Magazine reports in depth the issues surrounding distribution
of Eyes on the Prize.
Eyes
on Your Copyrighted Prize
By Andrew Leonard
Follow up on copyright issues by Salon.com.
Carrie
McLaren of StayFree Magazine Reports
Look for more upcoming coverage in International Documentary, Filmmaker
Magazine and The Independent!
Copywrongs
By Pat Aufderheide in February 2005 In These Times.
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