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CSM in the News

Filmmakers Bring Stories to New Platforms

March 22, 2011: San Francisco Film Society featured the Media that Matters conference in their "Indie Toolkit" section of their blog SF360.

Transmedia Is the New Black: "Media That Matters"

March 8, 2011: The International Documentary Assoication reviews the 2011 Media that Matters conference.

Media That Matters in 2011

March 4, 2011: Leah Mahan Productions reviews the 2011 Media That Matters conference hosted by the Center for Social Media.

Experts Weigh Pros and Cons of Social Media

August 16, 2010: PBS' MediaShift included comments from the Center for Social Media's Jessica Clark in this article about social media.

When Information Goes Bad

July 10, 2010: Voice of America interviewed Center for Social Media's Jessica Clark about social media and the news environment.

Creative Media Policy Can Spur Civic Innovation

June 25, 2010: New America Foundation published an article by the Center's Jessica Clark in their blog Sustaining Democracy in a Digital Age.

What We're Saying

PIJIP and South African Filmmakers to Launch Report on Copyright and Doc Filmmaking in South Africa
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Report finds that a restrictive “clearance culture” inhibits the production and dissemination of documentary films; but local law has many useful features.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACTS, American University:

Franki Fitterer, AU Washington College of Law
ffiterer at wcl.american.edu
Director of Public Relations

CONTACTS, South African Filmmakers:

Marc Schwinges, Documentary Film Association
27.11.483.8801;
treasurer at docfilmsa.com

Yes, You Can Use Copyrighted Material in Your Open Courseware

New Code of Best Practices Addresses Newest Twist on Copyright Confusion in Higher Education

Contact: Maggie Barrett, AU Communications, barrett at american.edu or 202-885-5951

Documentary Filmmakers Grapple with Ethics Challenges, Yet Craft Lacks Ethics Standards

Documentary Filmmakers Grapple with Ethics Challenges,
Yet Craft Lacks Ethics Standards
Report will be discussed at Toronto International Film Festival

Contact: Maralee Csellar, University Communications, 202-885-5952 or csellar at american dot edu

New Video Breaks Down Fair Use Guidelines for Online Video Creators

Contact: Maggie Barrett, American University Media Relations, barrett@american.edu
or 202-885-5951

American University's Center for Social Media and AU's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, in collaboration with Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project, are launching a new video explaining how online video creators can make remixes, mashups, and other common online video genres with the knowledge that they are staying within copyright law.

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