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Fair Use and Public Media
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For many years, PIJIP faculty members have worked to assure that the copyright fair use doctrine remains vibrant, in both analog and digital contexts. PIJIP faculty have testified before Congress and filed Supreme Court and other federal appellate and district court amicus briefs, and WCL’s Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic has provided legal advice and counseling to many individuals and entities seeking to make fair uses of copyrighted materials. More recently, PIJIP has worked closely with AU’s Center for Social Media and a number of non-profit organizations to explain and promote interpretations of copyright, communications and other laws that protect and facilitate the growth of public media – in particular, documentary films. That initiative now has been extended to user-generated content on participatory Internet platforms, a new media format that can help the public to recognize and understand common social problems. PIJIP’s work in this area includes developing seminal “Best Practices” guidelines for fair use by non-fiction filmmakers, supporting research on the effects of intellectual property on the practices of media makers, and organizing and convening scholarly conferences. |
| In April of this year, PIJIP and the Center for Social Media sponsored a two-day private meeting on “User-Generated Content: The Copyright Conundrum” that was attended by leading scholars, business executives and public interest advocates from around the country. The meeting sought to identify strategies to address problems faced by makers of participatory media and by the communications platforms on which their content is hosted. The meeting included a well-attended public session that also is available for webcast. | |
Frequently Asked Questions on Fair Use (December 2007) Reports, Submissions and Publications Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi. Recut, Reframe, Recycle. (December 2007).Renee Hobbs, Peter Jaszi & Pat Aufderheide. The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy. (September, 2007).Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi. The Good, the Bad, and the Confusing: User-Generated Video Creators on Copyright. (April 3, 2007).Peter Jaszi, "Yes, You Can" - Where You Don't Even Need Fair Use (May 2006). Events
User Generated Content and Copyright, April 10 (afternoon), 2007. American Library Association, Copyright, Fair Use and Access to Library Holdings, June 22, 2007. Partners |
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