UPDATE: You can view a recording of this event here. 
Confused about copyright? You’re not alone. Media literacy educators rely on the ability to use copyrighted materials in their teaching. But ignorance about copyright — and particularly a lack of awareness of the fair use provision - is interfering with teachers’ ability to teach important critical […]

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Whether you like the term user-generated content or not, the fact that there are millions of folks creating short videos that reflect their own tastes, personalities and creativity is a fact. Whatever the label. The Center for Social Media and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property have announced that in follow-up to the […]

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OneWorld U.S. is hosting an online discussion with the Center for Social Media’s Maura Ugarte to answer questions about utilizing fair use in documentary filmmaking. If you work for a OneWorld partner organization, you can join in the discussion this Tuesday, July 24, for free; others must pay $50 registration fee. Get all the details […]

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Shira Golding at MediaRights wrote a great piece on the state of fair use, Use It or Lose It: An Update from the Frontlines of the Fair Use Movement.
“When Arts Engine Executive Director Katy Chevigny participated in a 2004 meeting about fair use she had no idea that three years later she would be speaking […]

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