fair dealing week 2022

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.”

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February 23, 2022

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.”

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February 22, 2022

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.”

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February 18, 2022

Fair Use Supports Research, Journalism, and Truth

By Katherine Klosek

For #FairUseWeek 2022, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) teamed up with the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) #MediaWell project to ask experts to reflect on how fair use supports research and journalism, and how fair use can help combat misinformation, for example on social media. 

The interviews reveal how libraries play a critical role in the ecosystem of research, journalism, and truth by collecting and preserving source material, and making information available for researchers and journalists to cite facts, and quote original sources. Journalists rely on fair use everyday; fair use preserves the constitutionality of copyright by allowing journalists to express their First Amendment rights. Fair use also enables the reproducibility of science by allowing peers to access, interrogate, and build on research outputs like data, methodology, and findings that may be protected by copyright.

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February 17, 2022

Libraries, Universities, and Civil Society Groups to Celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2022 on February 21–25

Jessica Aiwuyor | 202-296-2296 | jaiwuyor@arl.org | February 14, 2022

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. EST

Creative Reuse at Kent: Fair Dealing in Education and Research

University of Kent

The University of Kent is celebrating its strong tradition of creative reuse as part of international Fair Use / Fair Dealing Week.

About this event

For the first time the University of Kent will be taking part in Fair Dealing Week – a celebration of the flexibility in copyright law that allows creative reuse of copyright material. We will demonstrate how research, education and engagement at Kent are all underpinned by a copyright literacy strategy and associated policy which encourage Kent staff and students to make informed use of legal provisions.

This event will take place online (via MS Teams) from 17:00 to 18:30 GMT on Wednesday 23 February with the following draft programme:

  • Introduction from Professor Richard Reece – Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) University of Kent and Chair of the Copyright Steering Group
  • The University of Kent Copyright Literacy Strategy and fair dealing – Chris Morrison, Copyright and Licensing Specialist University of Kent
  • A Journey of Creative Reuse in Filmmaking – Dr Richard Misek, Senior Lecturer University of Kent School of Arts and independent film maker
  • Teaching Digital Arts students through games and play – Dr Alexandra Covaci, Lecturer University of Kent School of Engineering and virtual reality researcher
  • Parody, pastiche, pandemic songs and copyright – Dr Ben Marsh, Reader University of Kent School of History and musical director of the Marsh Family internet sensation. In conversation with Chris Morrison and Dr Jane Secker (co-founders copyrightliteracy.org)

Register online for this event

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Monday, February 21 to February 21, 2022

Get set for UK Fair Dealing Week running from 21–25 February 2022

The ALT Copyright and Online Learning Special Interest Group (CoOLSIG) are pleased to announce we will be coordinating a UK Fair Dealing week commencing 21–25 February 2022. This follows on from last year’s Fair Use/ Fair Dealing week which ran across USA, Canada and other jurisdictions in February 2021, led and devised by Kyle K. Courtney (Harvard University).

The purpose of the UK Fair Dealing week, is to not only celebrate and raise awareness of this important legal framework, but through discussion, events, and success stories, celebrate the opportunities it presents.
Launch Event and how to get involved

We are planning to kick start the week with an online launch event during the evening of the 21st February, so please watch this space for more details coming soon.

UK Fair Dealing can’t be fully explored in a singular event or resource, given the scope of the framework and the UK copyright exceptions its connected to and this is where you come in. If you would like to be involved in the week, then why not consider delivering your own Fair Dealing event at your own institution or writing a blog post? There are numerous ways individuals can choose to participate in Fair Dealing week, & for further examples, please view this page with more ideas.

Methods of how you can share and promote your resources or online events will be made available in due course. Do drop us a line if you are looking for ideas though.

N.B, when developing resources for the UK Fair Dealing week, please refer to the Fair Use brand guide.

Learn more on the event page.

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Monday, February 21 to February 21, 2022 @ 5:00–6:30 p.m. GMT

UK Launch of Fair Dealing week

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is an annual celebration originating in the US and Canada and designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing.

While fair dealing is employed on a daily basis by students, academics, librarians, journalists, and all users of copyright-protected material, Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is a time to promote and discuss the opportunities presented, celebrate successful stories and explain the doctrine.

Jane Secker and Chris Morrison, co-founders of copyrightliteracy.org will chair the launch event hosted by IALS for the UK’s first co-ordinated Fair Dealing Week. They will be joined by Kyle K. Courtney—lawyer, librarian, Copyright Advisor at Harvard University and originator of Fair Use week in the US in 2014—to set the scene and provide an overview of the legal provisions.

We will then hear from leading intellectual property scholars Professor Tanya Aplin and Dr. Emily Hudson from King’s College London who will share initial findings from their research into quotation norms in the publishing industry.

The speakers will then take part in a panel discussion which will identify the challenges and opportunities in taking advantage of fair dealing and fair use in different areas of creative activity.

The launch event will present the basic principles of the concept of Fair Dealing in the UK and will highlight some of the events happening elsewhere as part of the first UK Fair Dealing Week. It will focus on best practice and will introduce the participants to the shared resources on fair dealing, including new guidance as part of the IALS Library LibGuides.

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Chris Morrison, Jane Secker, Kyle Courtney, Tanya Aplin, Emily Hudson
Organization
Institute of Advanced of Legal Studies
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