Question of the Month

In this Fair Use Question of the Month, a journalist has a question about whether or not his friend's "ten percent" rule is correct when it comes to quoting copyrighted work in his weekly podcast.

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In this Fair Use Question of the Month, a woman embarking on a scholarly research project in communication writes in to ask whether or not screening an episode of a popular television show to a focus group is covered under Fair Use.

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This month’s question comes from a woman wanting to transform the lyrics of a popular song to fit the message of a PSA.  In our answer, we address not only her potential Fair Use of the song, but also how to defend yourself in the case of a potential takedown or cease-and-desist letter once the PSA is online.  Read more...

In this Fair Use Question of the Month, a documentary filmmaker has questions about the best way to include YouTube videos taken at the recent Tea Party rallies in his upcoming documentary.

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I’m a video production professor, and my students do a great little assignment where they re-edit a scene from a movie. Sometimes they’re very funny. We’d like to show them in the university-wide film festival, and send the students home at the end of the year with a DVD compilation of them. I’m even thinking they’d make a nice promotional item for our program. Read more...