March 2, 2018
MIT’s Fair Use Kaleidocycle. Fold your own from this printable.
March 1, 2018
*Cross posted from ARL Policy Notes*
Check out all the great posts from Day 3 of Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2018! Don’t see yours? Contact us to get yours added! You can view previous roundups here.
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February 28, 2018
*Cross posted from ARL Policy Notes*
Check out all the great posts from Day 2 of Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2018! Don’t see yours? Contact us to get yours added! You can view previous roundups here.
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February 27, 2018
by Ariel Katz
It is Fair Dealing Week and I’m happy to share a draft of my new forthcoming chapter “Debunking the Fair Use vs. Fair Dealing Myth: Have We Had Fair Use All Along?” Here’s the abstract:
According to conventional wisdom, a fundamental difference exists between the American fair use doctrine and the Canadian (or Commonwealth) fair dealing doctrine: while American fair use can apply potentially to any purpose, Canadian fair dealing could only apply to those purposes enumerated in the statute. Accordingly, fair dealing cannot apply to dealings for other purposes even if they would otherwise be fair.
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February 27, 2018
by Timothy Vollmer
During Fair Use Week organizations and individuals are publishing blog posts, hosting workshops, and sharing educational resources about the importance of this essential limitation to the rights endowed by copyright. Fair use (and in other countries, the related fair dealing) is a flexible legal tool that permits some uses of copyrighted material without permission from the original rights holder, such as for use in news reporting, criticism, teaching, and other reasons.
Timothy Vollmer
February 27, 2018
*Cross posted from ARL Policy Notes*
Check out all the great posts from Day 1 of Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2018! Don’t see yours? Contact us to get yours added! You can view previous roundups here.
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February 22, 2018
This infographic illustrates how fair use advances innovation, creativity, and scholarship, ultimately allowing new knowledge to be created and shared.
February 21, 2018
by Kyle K. Courtney, Jackie Roche, & Sarah W. Searle
The comics on this page were created for the Harvard Library Office of Scholarly Communication’s Fair Use Week annual programs, 2015–2018. The newest comic for the 5th Anniversary of Fair Use Week (2018) will be added soon! Stay tuned!
July 17, 2017
University of Virginia’s video, “Fair Use in Seven Words”
March 28, 2017
Powerpoint presentation given by Charlotte Roh, University of San Francisco, on “Using Copyrighted Work in Courses“