[MCN-L] Fw: Best Practices in Copyright and Fair Use for User-Generated Content
[PIJIP-(C)] PIJIP and the AU Senter for Social Media Release Best Practices in Copyright and Fair Use for User-Generated ContentImportant announcement, below. More important announcement: Prof. Peter Jaszi will be speaking at MCN 2008 in Washington, DC. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG AU's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and Center for Social Media Release Best Practices in Copyright and Fair Use for User-Generated Content Contact: Diane Bickell, AU Public Relations, dbickel at wcl.american.edu or 202-274-4276 Peter Jaszi, Director, PIJIP, pjaszi at wcl.american.edu 240-605-1934 Full text of 'Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video' (PDF) http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/download.cfm?downloadfile=FDCD7029-F26B-FBB2-7C3C8D42F60DF20Btypename=dmFilefieldname=filename WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 7, 2008)- The American University's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) announces the release of a new code of best practices in fair use for creators in the burgeoning online video environment. The code was coordinated by PIJIP and the American University Center for Social Media, with support from the Ford Foundation through CSM s Future of Public Media Project. Back in January, we released a report on copyright and remix culture, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video (wcl.american.edu/pijip/), back in January. The code, which was made public on July 7, represents the next step. Collaboratively created by a team of media scholars and lawyers, these best practices will allow users to make remixes, mashups, and other common online genres with the knowledge that they are staying within copyright law. The full text of the code for user generated video is available at wcl.american.edu/pijip. Until now, anyone uploading a video has run the risk of becoming inadvertently entangled in an industry skirmish, as media companies struggle to keep their programs from circulating on the Internet. As online providers have begun to negotiate with media companies, everyone has agreed that fair use should be protected. Before the code s release, there was no clear statement about what constitutes fair use in online video. The code identifies, among other things, six kinds of unlicensed uses of copyrighted material that may be considered fair, under certain limitations. They are: * Commenting or critiquing of copyrighted material * Use for illustration or example * Incidental or accidental capture of copyrighted material * Memorializing or rescuing of an experience or event * Use to launch a discussion * Recombining to make a new work, such as a mashup or a remix, whose elements depend on relationships between existing works For instance, a blogger's critique of mainstream news is commentary. The toddler dancing to the song Let s Go Crazy is an example of incidental capture of copyrighted material. Many variations on the popular online video Dramatic Chipmunk may be considered fair use, because they recombine existing work to create new meaning. If you would like to receive more information about the code, please contact us at 202-274-4442. _*Code of Best Practices Committee Members *_ *Co-chairs * Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University Patricia Aufderheide, Professor, Director of the Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University *Members * Michael C. Donaldson, Esq., Los Angeles Anthony Falzone, Lecturer, Executive Director, Fair Use Project, Stanford Law School Lewis Hyde, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College; fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Mizuko Ito, Research Scientist, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California Henry Jenkins, Professor, Program Head, Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Madison, Associate Dean for Research, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information, University of California, Berkeley Rebecca Tushnet, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University Jennifer Urban, Clinical Associate Professor of Law; Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, University of Southern California *_About PIJIP_ * The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property as American University Washington College of Law is guided by an explicit focus on the public interest. Through research, teaching, publications, events, advocacy and the provision of legal services, PIJIP promotes the interests of teachers, students, authors, artists, filmmakers, computer programmers and users, bloggers, inventors,
[MCN-L] Museums and the Web 2009: CFP: Deadline Sept 30
MW2009 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Deadline September 30, 2008. Museums and the Web 2009 the international conference for culture and heritage on-line April 15-18, 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/ Museums and the Web addresses the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, the MW program reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage. Proposals are invited from professionals and researchers in all areas actively exploring the creation, on-line presentation and use of cultural, scientific and heritage content, and its re-use and evaluation. The bibliography of past MW papers (all on-line since 1997) can be searched at http://conference.archimuse.com/researchForum/ * PROPOSAL FORM * On-line proposal submission is required. Use the form at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/papers/mw2009.proposalForm.html Please co-ordinate your proposals with your collaborators. Multiple proposals about the same project will not be accepted. Proposals are peer-reviewed individually by an International Program Committee; full sessions are rarely accepted. Proposals for sessions should be submitted as individual papers with a covering note. The committee may choose to accept some papers and not others. * DEADLINES * Proposals due September 30, 2008 - for papers, workshops, mini-workshops + professional forums (written paper required by Jan. 31, 2009) Proposals due December 31, 2008 - for demonstrations (written paper optional) * PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS * The Museums and the Web program is built from the ground up, from your proposals. Add your ideas to the on-line discussion at http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/mw2009_ideas * NEED FURTHER DETAILS? * Review the MW2009 Call for Participation on-line at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/call.html Contact the MW2009 Conference Co-Chairs David Bearman + Jennifer Trant, Archives Museum Informatics mw2009 at archimuse.com We hope to see you in Indianapolis. jennifer and David -- Jennifer Trant and David Bearman Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2009 produced by April 15-18, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana Archives Museum Informatics http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/ 158 Lee Avenue email: mw2009 at archimuse.com Toronto, Ontario, Canada phone +1 416 691 2516 | fax +1 416 352-6025
[MCN-L] GIS in museums
We have an exhibit from Onomy Labs called the Tilty table. It allows visitors to navigate throughout the Earth by tilting and turning a projected image. Very popular. - Matthew Stevens Adventure Science Center 800 Fort Negley Blvd Nashville TN 37203 Direct: 615-401-5064 Fax: 615-862-5178 http://www.adventuresci.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sigurj?n B Hafsteinsson Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:56 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] GIS in museums Dear all, I#180;m looking for examples about museums that have used GIS technology in their: 1. museum displays 2. outreach programs Are there anyone on this list that can provide me with tips or suggestions where to look? All the best, Sigurjon. ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] GIS in museums
Yes, our experience with Tilty Tables (with a zoom axis, whereupon they are called Twisty or Spinny Tables) would indicate that they serve as a very visitor-friendly interface to all sorts of map-based datasets. Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8OCg3Xoe4 and/or http://www.onomy.com/blue/tilty.html to get a flavor. In some of our installations, GIS shapefile layers (points/line/polygons) are employed to let users explore particular topics (e.g., zoning information for planning departments, country and state boundaries, landmarks and parks, streets and highways, waterways, etc.). These are all rendered at run-time, so the overlays can be very current, and their appearance can be customized. In our latest Spinny Table, down in San Luis Potosi (a spin-out of the Papalote Children's Museum), we've also incorporated hotspots with authored text/image overlays that appear when users zoom into particular places on the maps. We're also doing a collaborative piece with artist JD Beltran where youth author stories about their community that will be anchored on the maps at the places where they occurred. The Tilty Table interactive (in all its variants) has proven to be very popular in every venue where it's been deployed. Visitors spend lots of time with it because of the appealing physical UI, and you can sneak all kinds of content their way while you have them mesmerized. ;-) Unlike Matt, a satisfied customer, I do have a financial interest in promoting the proliferation of these tables, but Matt's unsolicited message opened the door. Scott Minneman, PhD CEO/CTO - Onomy Labs, Inc. 415 505-7234 - cell 650 330-0400 - office 650 330-0500 - fax http://www.onomy.com -Original Message- From: Matthew P. Stevens [mailto:mstev...@adventuresci.com] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:34 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] GIS in museums We have an exhibit from Onomy Labs called the Tilty table. It allows visitors to navigate throughout the Earth by tilting and turning a projected image. Very popular. - Matthew Stevens Adventure Science Center 800 Fort Negley Blvd Nashville TN 37203 Direct: 615-401-5064 Fax: 615-862-5178 http://www.adventuresci.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sigurj?n B Hafsteinsson Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:56 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] GIS in museums Dear all, I#180;m looking for examples about museums that have used GIS technology in their: 1. museum displays 2. outreach programs Are there anyone on this list that can provide me with tips or suggestions where to look? All the best, Sigurjon. ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
