Great clip about how to fairly use videos from online with great examples..
Wired Campus: American U. Researchers Publish Guidelines for Fair Use in Web Videos - Chronicle.com
As more students and professors experiment with making short videos to post to YouTube or other video-sharing Web sites, many run up against concerns against potential copyright violations--especially if they want to use a clip from a Hollywood movie or other copyrighted work.New guidelines released this week by researchers at American University's Center for Social Media hope to help nonlawyers navigate the confusing world of U.S. copyright law and its "fair use" provision. They're part of a guide called the "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video."
Update: More info from the study here.
The study points to a wide variety of practices--satire, parody, negative and positive commentary, discussion-triggers, illustration, diaries, archiving and of course, pastiche or collage (remixes and mashups)--all of which could be legal in some circumstances.Posted by cmwillis at October 6, 2008 11:28 AM | TrackBack