of interest to vloggers? Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video published by the Center for Social Media at American University
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/fair_use_in_online_video/ from the intro... WHAT THIS IS This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances. This is a guide to current acceptable practices, drawing on the actual activities of creators, as discussed among other places in the study Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User- Generated Video and backed by the judgment of a national panel of experts. It also draws, by way of analogy, upon the professional judgment and experience of documentary filmmakers, whose own code of best practices has been recognized throughout the film and television businesses. WHAT THIS ISNT This code of best practices does not tell you the limits of fair use rights. Its not a guide to using material people give permission to use, such as works usingCreative Commons licenses. Anyone can use those works the way the owners say that you can. Its not a guide to material that is already free to use without considering copyright. For instance, all federal government works are in the public domain, as are many older works. In most cases, trademarks are not an issue. For more information on free use, consult the document Yes, You Can! and copyright.cornell.edu. Its not a guide to using material that someone wants to license but cannot trace back to an ownerthe so-called orphan works problem. However, orphan works are also eligible for fair use consideration, according to the principles detailed below. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
