February 23, 2015
Presentation by Georgia Harper.
The content covers strategies for artists managing the risk of copyright infringement. It is a PowerPoint presentation, with the text of the talk in the Notes field.
February 23, 2015
University of Texas at Austin
As Fair Use Week begins, Francesca Giannetti and David Hunter consider the use of readily and legally available digital media for MOOCs.
Their experience stems from assisting a University of Texas professor with an online jazz appreciation course.
February 23, 2015
This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines.
This blog post is brought to you by Jonathan Band of Policybandwidth. Cross-posted to ARL Policy Notes
Large copyright owners oppose expansive applications of fair use except, of course, when they are sued for copyright infringement. In recent years, the National Football League, Reed Elsevier, and Sony Pictures have all vigorously raised fair use in infringement cases in which they were defendants. As a proponent of strong fair use rights, I naturally want fair use to prevail whenever it is asserted.
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February 20, 2015
A two-sided over sized postcard created by the UCLA Library to celebrate Fair Use Week 2015 available here.
February 19, 2015
See Sections 29, 29.1 and 29.2 on Fair Dealing.
February 19, 2015
Legislative Summary of Bill C-11: An Act to amend the Copyright Act
February 19, 2015
The Pentalogy: The Supreme Court Clarifies Canada’s Copyright Law in Five Major Decisions
February 18, 2015
Fair uses are all around us each day. The Fair Use Week Tumblr collects stories of these uses, explaining how fair use is employed in our activities. Last year, we read stories about e-reserve policies, parody, music sampling, and journal citing and subciting. We need more stories to share for this year!
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February 18, 2015
Fair use week isn’t just about fair use! Fair dealing is an extremely important component of copyright law, similarly facilitating balance, in numerous jurisdictions including Canada. The University of Toronto is organizing a Canada-wide online discussion about this critical doctrine through videos, blog posts and social media.
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