July 9, 2008Newsletter

We were happy to see many of you at our Beyond Broadcast conference, and if you didn't make it, there are still ways to network and to view presentations. Some of our attendees have asked to use the videos we screened at the conference, and others are using transcripts of our keynote speaker Larry Irving's remarks. If you'd like to link to or use them, please do!

The news never stops here, though. Today we're debuting Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video, which builds on our findings from our Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User- Generated Video report. This first-of-its-kind guide will help creators, online video providers and copyright holders understand and interpret fair use in online video in a remix culture.

Stay tuned for details on our autumn events, including our annual Human Rights Film Series. Have a great summer!

COMING THIS FALL!

9th Annual Human Rights Film Series
October 15 - November 13, 2008
Stay tuned to centerforsocialmedia.org for updates on films and special guests!

Beyond Broadcast Multi-Media - Keep the Conversations Going!
The 2008 Beyond Broadcast conference was a great mix of discussions and demonstrations with leaders and innovators in public media. Keep the conversations going on the Beyond Broadcast social network and the conferenceTwitter stream. Didn't make it to the conference? It's easy to catch up on what happened - listen to podcasts of the panel discussions, watch video clip highlights, read the rapp report, or check out our live blog entries. Stay tuned to the Beyond Broadcast conference site for updates on next year's gathering, which is sure to be just as dynamic!

The Future of Public Media at the 2008 SILVERDOCS Film Festival and Conference
Read Center Director Pat Aufderheide's reports on panels and discussions at this year's SILVERDOCS conference. The conference examines crucial issues in public media, and this year's speakers boldly showcased cutting ege issues. Read about what public media leaders have to say on the future of public TV and public engagement in doucmentary film, and much more. Read more>>

New Center Research Examines the New Directions in Public Media
Read the latest additions to the Center's Future of Public Media library:

• Field Report: OneWorld's Virtual Bali: the second in a series of "field reports" that examine innovative media projects. When OneWorld.net launched a virtual meeting on global warming in Second Life, who came?
• Mapping the Money in Public Media: commissioned in conjunction with the Beyond Broadcast conference, this briefing examines models for monetizing digital, interactive public media. Media analyst Diane Mermigas charts emerging trends in monetizing the digitally networked world.
• The Rise and Fall of the Public Service Publisher: examines the rise and fall of a proposal for a Public Service Publisher (PSP) in the U.K. When the BBC considered a total restructuring to prepare for a digital environment, what happened?

CSM at the National Conference for Media Reform
Last month, the Center's Future of Publc Media Project Director Jessica Clark spoke on a panel at the NCMR. Read more on what she had to say on new directions in public media.

Center Releases Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
The Center for Social Media proudly presents its Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video, a first-of-its-kind guide to help creators, online video providers and copyright holders understand and interpret fair use in online video in a remix culture.

The code draws on the practices of online video makers discussed in the Center's study, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User Generated Video, including video remixes and mashups, and was backed by a panel of leading copyright scholars and lawyers.

Such online practices as satire, parody, negative and positive commentary, discussion-triggers, illustration, diaries, archiving and of course, pastiche or collage (remixes and mashups) could be legal in some circumstances. Before the code's release, there was no clear statement about what constitutes fair use in online video, making it a critical step towards understanding fair use and ensuring that the Internet remains a safe space for new forms of self- expression in a digital age.

The full report can be found on the Center website: centerforsocialmedia.org/remix.

Have questions about Fair Use? Our Fair Use FAQ can help!
Want your questions on Fair Use answered? Someone else may have already asked. Check out the new Fair Use FAQ, where our most frequently asked questions find answers. Past questions included using media clips in public radio., access to footage, and incidental use.

Copyright and Fair Use at NCMR
The Center for Social Media's Alison Hanold attended last month's National Conference for Media Reform and participated in a panel on copyright wars and net neutrality. Read more on this critical issue in free speech and expression.

Free Film Screenings of Kartemquin's In the Family, July 10, Washington, DC
Kartemquin's latest documentary In the Family was recently nominated for the 2008 Writers Guild Award recognizing writing in documentary. Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin founder, is a Media Fellow of the Center.

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility. In the Family follows Joanna as she connects with other women trying to navigate the unpredictable world of predictive genetic testing. How much do you sacrifice to survive?

• Join us for free screenings:
  Thursday, July 10th, 6:00- 8:30 PM
  Back-to-back sneak previews, Q&A with Joanna Rudnick will follow each screening.
  Where: E St Cinema 555 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20004. This event is free to the public. Register at www.geneticalliance.org/inthefamily.

Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program - Request for Proposals
The Sundance Documentary Film Program, in partnership with the Skoll Foundation, will provide $1.2 million in film project grants to enable the development and/or production of new feature-length independent documentary films that frame, examine, and amplify social entrepreneurship as an innovative approach to the central questions of our time.
Deadline for Submissions: August 15, 2008
Awards announced: December 2008

Please visit sundance.org/DocSource and sundance.org/skoll to review Request for Proposals, find more information, and apply online.