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Copyright and Fair Use

Challenges in Employing Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries

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The Center for Social Media, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are pleased to announce the release of Challenges in Employing Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries,  which shows how librarians struggle to meet the missions of U.S. academic and research libraries, interpreting fair use and other copyright exemptions.

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European Filmmakers and Fair Use

nordisk panorama imageDavid Van Taylor, a leading American documentarian, recently carried the news of the U.S. fair use movement to Europe, at the Nordisk Panorama Film Festival. Here is his report:Read more...

War on Water

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Marymount Manhattan College students Billy Shields and Stuart Kiczek re-purpose old copyright black-and-white footage to illustrate a more modern point about how consumers can cut down on expenses by filtering their own tap water at home instead of purchasing bottled water. They use only enough of the third party images as necessary in order to give the rest of the footage the feel of a much older film.

Fair Use Question of the Month: Transforming the Lyrics of a Popular Song

question mark photoThis month’s question comes from a woman wanting to transform the lyrics of a popular song to fit the message of a PSA.  In our answer, we address not only her potential Fair Use of the song, but also how to defend yourself in the case of a potential takedown or cease-and-desist letter once the PSA is online.  Read more...

Pat Aufderheide and WIFV’s Women of Vision Award

Women in Film and Video (DC) hosted a gala on October 13, honoring “Women of Vision.” AlonSuperPatg with Grace Guggenheim and Connie Day McClinton, Center director Pat Aufderheide was recognized. Read more...

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