This document discusses fair use and copyright as it relates to students. It explains that fair use allows for the legal, unauthorized use of copyrighted works under certain circumstances. This is an important free speech right that helps promote new creative works. The document outlines the four factors courts consider for fair use cases and how certain communities, such as documentary filmmakers and scholars, have developed best practices codes to help interpret fair use. It provides examples of how fair use can help students access course materials and special collections, and encourages asking librarians for help making copyright work for educational needs.

1. Pat Aufderheide Brandon Butler Peter Jaszi FAIR USE AND STUDENTS

3. WHY COPYRIGHT MATTERS TO YOU

6. THE PURPOSE OF COPYRIGHT

7. ONE PURPOSE : TO PROMOTE THE CREATION OF CULTURE

13. BIGGEST BALANCING FEATURE: FAIR USE legal, unauthorized use of copyrighted material--under some circumstances

18. PLUS… Custom and practice of individual creative communities… ...especially when well-documented

21. BEST PRACTICES CODES

23. DOCUMENTARY CODE

25. FILM SCHOLARS

26. MEDIA LITERACY TEACHERS

27. DANCE ARCHIVISTS

28. OPEN COURSEWARE

29. The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

30. Librarians Can Use Fair Use to Help Students:

31. GET COURSE MATERIALS ONLINE (E-RESERVES) .All formats (print, audio, video, etc) Passworded For course use only

32. GET ACCESS TO OBSOLETE FORMATS For instance, the out-of-circulation video you need for a research project is on VHS, but you need a DVD format

34. GET ACCESS TO THE VERSION THEY NEED, IF DISABLED With appropriate time limits Coordinated with disability services

35. FILE A COMPLETE VERSION OF A DISSERTATION If the copyrighted material it quotes was employed under fair use

36. USE INNOVATIVE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES For instance, using search techniques to comb entire databases for patterns

37. AND MORE… Ask your librarian for help in making copyright work for you, to protect your work and help you make the best work you can!

38. FAIR USE : Practice Makes Practice

39. MORE INFORMATION 09/30/09

41. Handy Guide to Copyright and Fair Use 09/30/09

42. Please feel free to share this presentation in its entirety. For excerpting, kindly employ the principles of fair use.

43. THANK YOU! Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research librarians everywhere

44. CONTACT INFO Pat Aufderheide [email_address] Brandon Butler [email_address] Peter Jaszi [email_address]