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April 2006 Videos

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Stories Untold (7:48)

This short video summarizes the results of a Center study exploring the issues surrounding copyright law and documentary film.

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In 2004, Center director Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, director of the Program on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at the Washington College of Law, released a study, Untold Stories: The Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture, that explored issues working documentary filmmakers' faced with copyright law. This short video summarizes the results of that study, and provides background for the newly released Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use.

Download the transcript here.