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Expanding User Rights For Documentary Filmmakers

email   discuss by NICK LEWIS  

On Sep. 16, 2005, academics, representatives of legal clinics, documentary filmmakers, litigators, and leaders of non-profit entities met to discuss current activities to improve documentary filmmakers’ ability to use copyright law. The event was co-hosted by the Washington College of Law’s Program on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest and the Center for Social Media in the School of Communication, and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media.

Click on the link to download the full report.

• Success of the Statement of Best Practices
• Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use
• The Good, The Bad and the Confusing: User-Generated Video Creators on Copyright
• Unauthorized: The Copyright Conundrum in Participatory Video
• Fair Use Frequently Asked Questions
• Recut, Reframe, Recycle