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How Research Libraries Celebrated the 13th Annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week!

By Katherine Klosek

The 13th Annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week was packed with activities celebrating the fundamental right of fair use, so we thought we’d end the week with some highlights!

ARL partnered with Re:Create to host a congressional briefing on AI and fair use from the perspective of librarians, researchers and other authors, journalists, fan communities, and other creators. Panelists and guests included members of University Information Policy Officers (UIPO), pictured above!

On Tuesday, Cindy Kristof, Kent State University Libraries’ copyright & scholarly communication librarian, hosted a taco-themed pop-up event to inform students on how we incorporate fair use into our work and recreational activities every day, featuring materials from FairUseWeek.org.

Our colleagues at CARL hosted a virtual conversation on “User Rights in the Age of Generative AI,” asking the question of whether the arrival of generative AI has raised new questions about the protection of user rights—and if so, what policy responses should be introduced to address these questions.

I dove into some questions and hesitations I’ve heard about the intersection of accessibility and fair use in my piece “Fair Use Supports Accessibility, but You Don’t Have to Take My Word for It” for the Harvard Library Fair Use Week blog series.

Read more at FairUseWeek.org. See you next year!

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February 24, 2022

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week Day 3 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.”

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.”

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week Day 1 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.”

Fair Dealing Tool

Red River College

IS YOUR COPYING FAIR DEALING?

Use this tool as a guideline to help determine whether the fair dealing exception in the Copyright Act may apply to your copying.

Learn more: https://library.rrc.ca/fairdealingtool?_ga=2.158720762.1928739084.1614115833-406212080.1614115833

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February 23, 2021

Video: Fair Dealing Week 2021

University of Waterloo

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February 23, 2021

Dalhousie Fair Dealing Guidelines

Dalhousie University

Under the Copyright Act, express permission of the copyright owner is required before making copies or distributing works, with some exceptions. These guidelines outline the framework for operating under one of these exceptions – “fair dealing” for the purposes of research, private study, review, criticism or news reporting, education, parody and satire. These guidelines outline the limits and requirements for making paper and electronic copies of a portion of a published work by individuals for their own use, by faculty for use in their courses of study and by libraries for the use of their patrons.

Learn more: https://libraries.dal.ca/services/copyright-office/fair-dealing/fair-dealing-guidelines.html

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February 23, 2021

Strengthening Canadian User Rights through Shared Understanding: Adapting the Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use for Canada

Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)

In this paper, we argue that while fair dealing is not a carbon copy of fair use, it is similar enough that many of the principles and limitations set out in the many codes of best practices in fair use published in the United States would be applicable in the Canadian context.

Read the paper: https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Strengthening_Canadian_-User_Rights_Through_Shared_Understanding_Adapting_Codes_of_Best_Practices_Fair_Use_Canada.pdf

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January 8, 2019