Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week Day 2 Roundup
This year, libraries, universities, and civil society groups celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week February 21–25.
Fair use (in the US) and fair dealing (in Canada and other jurisdictions) is a right that allows the use of copyrighted materials without permission from the copyright holder under certain circumstances. Association of Research Libraries (ARL) President K. Matthew Dames, the Edward H. Arnold University Librarian for the University of Notre Dame, says of fair use: “Fair use is an indispensable tool allowing librarians, researchers, journalists, and the public to access and use copyrighted original sources, which is critical to understanding the truth of any issue. Along with rights that Congress specifically granted to libraries, fair use propels the advancement of culture and knowledge, which is the fundamental purpose of copyright.”
For this year’s Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, ARL partnered with the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) #MediaWell project to interview experts reflecting on the question of how fair use supports research, journalism, and truth. You can find those interviews below, along with a roundup of blog posts, projects, and events from fair users around the globe.
Day 2 (Tuesday, February 22)
Blog Posts/News
- “Celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2022,” ACRL Insider blog
- “Celebrate Fair Use Week 2022,” Georgetown University Library
- “EFF to Court: Security Research Is a Fair Use,” Katharine Trendacosta, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- “Fair Use and the Scholarly Environment,” Sandra Enimil, ARL Views blog
- “Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2022,” George Mason University Libraries
- “Fair Use, Unforeseen Consequences, and the Apple v. Corellium case,” Brandon Butler, Copyright at Harvard Library blog
- “Fair Use Week 2022,” UC Davis Library
- “Fair Use Week 2022,” University of South Florida Libraries
- “Fair Use Week 2022: About Fair Use and Library Events,” Florida Atlantic University Libraries
- “Fair Use Week 2022: Why Does Fair Use Matter to Research?,” Arizona State University Library
- “Fair Use Week (February 21–25),” University of Iowa Libraries
- “Harvard Library Celebrates Ninth Annual Fair Use Week,” Harvard Library
- “Information for All! Celebrating Fair Dealing and the Access It Allows,” Alex Neufeldt, The Uniter
- “Relying on Fair Use to Reach Intended Audiences,” Sandra Enimil, ARL Views blog
- “Two Questions on Fair Use: Interview with Mark Lemley,” MediaWell
- “UM Recognizes Fair Dealing Week: Fair Dealing: The User’s Copy Right,” University of Manitoba Libraries
- “What Is Fair Use?,” Kent State University Libraries
Events
- “Copyright & Fair Use: Basics, Facts, & Myths,” hosted by Florida Atlantic University Libraries
- “Fair Use Gameshow,” hosted by Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)
- “Fair Use in Research and Teaching,” Ohio State University Libraries
- “Fair Use Workshop,” hosted by Southern New Hampshire University Shapiro Library
Resources
- #FairDealingWeek Resources, tweet thread from Cambridge University Library
- Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors: Common Scenarios with Guidance from Community Practices, Brianna L. Schofield and Robert Kirk Walker, Authors Alliance
- Fair Use Week Copyright Quiz and Resources, College of Central Florida Library
- NLM Observes Fair Use Week, tweet from the National Library of Medicine
- “Why Does Fair Dealing Matter?,” video by University of Winnipeg Copyright Office