fair use & critical commons
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Presentation from the 2008 New Media Consortium conference on Fair use in media education.TRANSCRIPT
Fair Ripping: Media in the Classroom
Steve Anderson + Holly WillisInstitute for Multimedia LiteracyUSC School of Cinematic Arts
6.13.2008 New Media Consortium
-Lawrence Lessig
“Fair use is not the right to use copyrighted materials, it’s the right to hire a lawyer.”
Fair Use Sucks!
Conversations about Fair Use should not be solely the domain of experts (i.e., lawyers and technologists)
We also need to hear from people who depend on fair use for everyday cultural practices:
-Educators-Media makers
-Librarians-Students
-Fans
Polarization of discourse surrounding copyright
Rhetorical
Polarization of discourse surrounding copyright
Legal
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Polarization of discourse surrounding copyright
Technical
Polarization of discourse surrounding copyright
Cultural
Polarization of discourse surrounding copyright
Cultural
Polarization of discourse surrounding copyright
Cultural
Polarization of discourse surrounding copyright
Cultural
Is there a role for civil disobedience?
http://www.negativland.comhttp://www.greytuesday.org
Is there a role for electronic civil disobedience?
http://www.geocities.com/frankentoons
Abuse of Power
http://www.youwouldnt.nethttp://www.respectcopyrights.com
MPAA: Piracy It’s a Crime Abuse of Power (2006)
Who are the real pirates?
Faden / Maloney
A Fair(y) Use TaleEric Faden
Gimme the MermaidNegativland & Tim Maloney
What kind of access to culture do we want?
Berkman Center for Internet & SocietyHarvard Law School
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu
The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital
Age (2006)
Lack of clarity
Digital Rights Management
Impracticality of licensing
Undue gatekeeping
-William Fisher & William McGeveran
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/copyrightandeducation.html
What’s the problem?
Fear
Confusion
Lack of support
What’s the solution?
Get informed
Get connected
Get active
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
Critical Commons
Critical Commonshttp://criticalcommons.org
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
YouTomb
YouTombhttp://youtomb.mit.edu
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
Prelinger
Prelinger Collection at Internet Archivehttp://archive.org
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
7. Digital Rights Management (DRM) doesn’t work
Defective by design
Defective by Designhttp://defectivebydesign.org
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
7. Digital Rights Management (DRM) doesn’t work
6. Aggressive tactics of MPAA and RIAA radicalizing consumers
Chilling effects
Chilling Effectshttp://www.chillingeffects.org
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
7. Digital Rights Management (DRM) doesn’t work
6. Aggressive tactics of MPAA and RIAA radicalizing consumers
5. Mainstreaming of participatory culture and peer networks
Wikipedia / Long Tail
Wikipediahttp://www.wikipedia.org
The Long Tailhttp://www.thelongtail.com
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
7. Digital Rights Management (DRM) doesn’t work
6. Aggressive tactics of MPAA and RIAA radicalizing consumers
5. Mainstreaming of participatory culture and peer networks
4. Vibrancy of remix culture
DIY
24/7: DIY Video Summithttp://www.video24-7.org
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
7. Digital Rights Management (DRM) doesn’t work
6. Aggressive tactics of MPAA and RIAA radicalizing consumers
5. Mainstreaming of participatory culture and peer networks
4. Vibrancy of remix culture
3. Open source movements
Open source software
From open source software…
Open education
…to open education
http://ocw.mit.edu
http://www.oercommons.org
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
7. Digital Rights Management (DRM) doesn’t work
6. Aggressive tactics of MPAA and RIAA radicalizing consumers
5. Mainstreaming of participatory culture and peer networks
4. Vibrancy of remix culture
3. Open source movements
2. Media and learning
MacArthur Foundation: Digital Media & Learninghttp://www.macfound.org
Critical Commons
Critical Commonshttp://criticalcommons.org
Top Ten Reasons to be hopeful about Fair Use
10. The more you know, the less scared you are
9. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor
8. Sharing is good business
7. Digital Rights Management (DRM) doesn’t work
6. Aggressive tactics of MPAA and RIAA radicalizing consumers
5. Mainstreaming of participatory culture and peer networks
4. Vibrancy of remix culture
3. Open source movements
2. Media in education
1. It sucks
Unhappy Birthdayhttp://www.unhappybirthday.com
Confu
CONFU | 1996
FAIR USE GUIDELINES FOR EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA
NONLEGISLATIVE REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4.2.2 Text MaterialUp to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less, in the aggregate of a copyrighted work consisting of text material may be reproduced or otherwise incorporated as part of a multimedia project created under Section 2 of these guidelines. An entire poem of less than 250 words may be used, but no more than three poems by one poet, or five poems by different poets from any anthology may be used. For poems of greater length, 250 words may be used but no more than three excerpts by a poet, or five excerpts by different poets from a single anthology may be used.
Should Fair Use look like this?
CSM / Duke
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics
Or like this?
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/
statement_of_best_practices_in_fair_use
Center for social media
Center for Social Mediahttp://www.centerforsocialmedia.org
Electronic frontier
Electronic Frontier Foundationhttp://www.eff.org
Creative Commons
Creative Commonshttp://creativecommons.org
Participatory Culture
Participatory Culture Foundationhttp://participatoryculture.org
Free culture
Free Culturehttp://freeculture.org
Transformative Works
Organization for Transformative Workshttp://www.transformativeworks.org
Project remix
Project Remix | Disney-ABC & USC Cinematic Arts | 2007
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Creative Commons Chair, Joi Ito after meeting with executives at Disney-ABC