CODES of BEST PRACTICES

Peter Jaszi and the Center for Social Media at American University have created a series of Codes of Best Practices in order to establish standards for Fair Use. They also have links to Best Practice codes from other organizations. Since the codes are not all collected on one page, I've compiled a list with URLs below:

  * Best Practices in Fair Use of Dance-related Materials

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials

    /codes/best-practices-fair-use-dance-related-materials

  * The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials

    /codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education

  * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials

    /codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-online-video

  * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open CourseWare

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/ocw

  * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in

    Communication

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials

    /codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-scholarly-research-communication

  * Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/best-practices

    /documentary/documentary-filmmakers-statement-best-practices-fair-use

  * Society for Cinema and Media Studies' Statement of Best Practices in

    Fair Use in Teaching for Film and Media Educators

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes

    /society-cinema-and-media-studies-statement-best-practices-fair-use-

    [Note that there is a dash at the end of the URL; without that dash,

    it won't work]

  * Society for Cinema and Media Studies' Statement of Fair Use Best

    Practices for Media Studies Publishing

    http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials

    /codes/society-cinema-and-media-studies-statement-fair-use-best-practices-

    [Note that there is a dash at the end of the URL; without that dash,

    it won't work]

Bryan M. Carson, J.D., M.I.L.S., Ed.D.

1906 College Heights Blvd. #11067

Bowling Green, Kentucky  42101-1067

Phone: 270-745-5007; Fax: 270-745-2275bryan.carson@wku.edu | bryan.m.carson@gmail.com

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US Copyright Act - Section § 107 · Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copy-righted work as a whole; and

(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copy-righted work.

The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.

For Fair Use, remember PANE - Purpose, Amount, Nature, Effect

Fair Use Resources (from Center for Social Media)

Introduction to Fair Use (an article by Lloyd Rich that explains the concept of Fair Use.  " The guiding principle of the fair use doctrine is to make available, for limited purposes, reasonable public access to copyrighted works.")

Wikipedia article on Fair Use  

Standford Fair Use Video on YouTube  (10:13 minutes)   Clever, entertaining, thought-provoking...

Fair Use Visualizer   A slide-bar approach to determining Fair Use

Indiana University has put together a Fair Use Checklist to think through the issues whenever a Fair Use question arises.  By checking off boxes in each of the categories, users get an indication of whether their use truly qualifies as Fair Use.  Try it!

Determining Fair Use for Copyright.com

If you do use one of these checklists, document it.  Keep what you have done by simply printing it to Windows Journal and storing it in a folder named Copyright Protection.

Standing Up To Takedown Notices

Web Users Turn the Tables on Copyright Holders

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802453.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter 

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, October 19, 2007; Page D01   

These exclusive rights are subject to certain limitations. One of these limitations is the "fair use" exception. The fair use exception permits use of a work, even without the consent of the author or copyright owner, for certain limited purposes. These limited purposes include uses for criticism, comment, teaching, news reporting, scholarship or research.  Fair Use is a legal defense.