BEYOND THE COPYRIGHT WARS:

A Civil Rights Agenda for Copyright Users

Pat Aufderheide Center for Social Media American University

COPYRIGHTISTS

THE PURPOSE OF COPYRIGHT

FAIR USE• Legal, unauthorized

use of copyrighted material—under some circumstances

• Flexible

• Broad

• Adaptable

JUDGES LOVE FAIR USE• Did you transform

the use?

• Did you use the appropriate amount to satisfy the transformative use?

PLUS: What are your community’s expectations?

SPREADING…• Scholars

• Archivists

• Online video makers

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CIVIL RIGHTS AGENDA• Build confidence in fair use

- Codes of best practice - Publicity/awareness

• Develop capacity to act politically (DMCA exemptions)

• Grow constituency for legislative reforms (e.g. orphan works) and to resist more term extension