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What has happened since the Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use was released on November 18, 2005?

release of films that could never have been seen publicly, or possibly even finished (Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes; This Film Is Not Yet Rated; The Trials of Darryl Hunt)
saving of millions of dollars in unnecessary licensing costs ($400,000 in one film alone, IFC’s Wanderlust)
adoption into business practice in public television

Independent Television Service (ITVS) endorses it
WGBH producers give it out to their producers, and use it
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has shared it with all general counsels and general managers in its network
PBS and ITVS jointly used it to clear Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes for broadcast

adoption of the Statement into business practice by cablecaster IFC, and case-by-case use in other cable companies
acceptance by all four of U.S. insurance companies for errors-and-omissions insurance of fair use claims (AIG, MediaPro, ChubbPro, and OneBeacon)
The Copyright Society, the leading association of intellectual property attorneys, has showcased fair use and the Statement at regional and national meetings
posting of the Statement on the Revver.com website’s guidelines

Read about these successes in IP Today’s article, “Fair Use and Best Practices: Surprising Success”

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