Remix Culture

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When is it fair and legal to use other people's copyrighted work to make your own? What's the line between infringement and fair use? Take this tour of remix culture classics, and use the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video to make your own decisions.

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Journalists, Fair Use and Free Speech | January 30, 2012

The Center’s latest report, Copyright, Free Speech, and the Public's Right to Know: How Journalists Think about Fair Use, conducted in conjunction with American University's Washington College of Law

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Fair Use Question Of The Month: What About Four Factor Checklists? | January 26, 2012

This month's fair use question comes from a librarian who is creating guidelines for faculty on how to use copyrighted material in their university's library on classroom Blackboard sites. This

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Announcing the Release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries | January 25, 2012

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