Thursday, July 10, 2008

"Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video"

Now available online is the "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video" from The Center for Social Media. This is a valuable document for all "fair users." Take a look at this document and feel free to join the discussion list and blogs if you are at all interested.

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."

New publication from American University, funded by The Ford Foundation:
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/fair_use_in_online_video/