fair use public history
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Presentation at the Organization of American Historians, Washington, DC 2010TRANSCRIPT
COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE:
PUBLIC HISTORY
Pat Aufderheide Center for Social Media American University
THE PURPOSE OF
COPYRIGHT
ONE PURPOSE:
TO PROMOTE THE CREATION OF CULTURE
By:
•Rewarding creators with limited monopoly
• Encouraging new makers to use existing culture
WHY BALANCE?
• All culture createdAll culture createdon existing culture on existing culture (we used to know that)(we used to know that)
• The First Amendment The First Amendment (no censorship)(no censorship)
“Standing on the shoulders of
giants.”
HOW WE FORGOT BALANCE:• Copyright term
extension
• Default copyright
• Punishing penalties (statutory damages)
• Large content holders’ aggressive tactics
The Escape Hatch!FAIR USE:
FAIRFAIR USEUSE •Legal, unauthorized use of Legal, unauthorized use of copyrighted material—under some copyrighted material—under some circumstancescircumstances
•FlexibleFlexible
•BroadBroad
•AdaptableAdaptable
INDIVIDUALS FEAR…
• Will I get it wrong?
• Will I get sued? $125K+ per infringement!!)
• Will my boss/librarian/client get angry?
BEST PRACTICES
COMMUNITIES DEFINE FAIR USE FOR THEMSELVES
• Documentary filmmakers
• Film scholars
• Media literacy teachers
• More
DOCUMENTARYFILMMAKERS
RESULTS• Broadcasters program films
• Cablecasters program films
• Filmmakers develop new kinds of projects
• Television/web companies expand their plans
• All insurers of errors and omissions insurance now accept fair use claims
ONLINE VIDEO
OTHER CODES useful for public historians
• Media literacy (video contests/teaching)
• Dance archivists (using archival resources for display/podcasting/digital ILL/preservation)
• Scholars’ (eg publishing)
OTHER OPTIONS• Creative Commons (eg CC on
Flickr)
• Public domain (e.g. The Commons, Library of Congress)
• Special exemptions
• Classrooms
• Libraries
• Print-Disabled
Please feel free to share this presentation in its entirety. For excerpting, kindly employ the principles of fair use.
CONTACT INFO
Pat Aufderheide Center for Social MediaSchool of Communication American University Washington, DC [email protected]