LibGuides: Copyright & Fair Use in the Classroom: Fair Use Best Practices based on US Copyright Laws

Fair Use Best Practices based on US Copyright Law

The following resources provide best practices in fair use in fields relevant to AUD's programs and may be of interest. Please do note that they may include references to additional exceptions in US copyright law, for example, "face-to-face" instruction and distance education. These exceptions do not apply to for-profit educational institutions and are not included in UAE copyright law.

`Films & Documentaries`

Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use in Teaching for Film and Media Educators

Compiled by The Society for Cinema and Media Studies. It deals with classroom screenings, broadcasts, and derivative works.

Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use

Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
Independent Feature Project
International Documentary Association
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture
Women in Film and Video, Washington, D.C., Chapter

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

"Code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use."

Examples of Successful Fair Use in Documentary Film

CMSI: Center for Media & Social Impact

`Visual Arts`

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts

College Art Association, 2015
"Based on the consensus of professionals in the visual arts who use copyrighted images, texts,
and other materials in their creative and scholarly work and who, through
discussion groups, identified best practices for using such materials. They included
art and architectural historians, artists, designers, curators, museum directors,
educators, rights and reproduction officers, and editors at scholarly publishers
and journals."

Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study

Visual Association Resources: "Describes six uses of copyrighted still images that the Visual Resources Association believes fall within the U.S. doctrine of fair use."

Permissions by Susan M. Bielstein If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it's a good bet that at least half of those words relate to the picture's copyright status. Art historians, artists, and anyone who wants to use the images of others will find themselves awash in byzantine legal terms, constantly evolving copyright law, varying interpretations by museums and estates, and despair over the complexity of the whole situation. Here, on a white--not a high--horse, Susan Bielstein offers her decades of experience as an editor working with illustrated books. In doing so, she unsnarls the threads of permissions that have ensnared scholars, critics, and artists for years. Organized as a series of "takes" that range from short sidebars to extended discussions, Permissions, A Survival Guide explores intellectual property law as it pertains to visual imagery. How can you determine whether an artwork is copyrighted? How do you procure a high-quality reproduction of an image? What does "fair use" really mean? Is it ever legitimate to use the work of an artist without permission? Bielstein discusses the many uncertainties that plague writers who work with images in this highly visual age, and she does so based on her years navigating precisely these issues. As an editor who has hired a photographer to shoot an incredibly obscure work in the Italian mountains (a plan that backfired hilariously), who has tried to reason with artists' estates in languages she doesn't speak, and who has spent her time in the archival trenches, she offers a snappy and humane guide to this difficult terrain. Filled with anecdotes, asides, and real courage, Permissions, A Survival Guide is a unique handbook that anyone working in the visual arts will find invaluable, if not indispensable.
ISBN: 9780226046372

Publication Date: 2006-06-23