Question of the Month

February's Fair Use Question of the Month comes from a university librarian who has been asked by a proessor to copy a VHS to a DVD.

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This month's fair use question comes from a librarian who is creating guidelines for faculty on how to use copyrighted material in their university's library on classroom Blackboard sites. This question is also featured in Reclaiming Fair Use.

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This month's Fair Use Question comes from a teacher whose student wants to use an iconic song from a popular movie soundtrack in his student film. Should she hold his work to the standards of fair use?

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For this Fair Use Question of the Month, an author writes in to the Center about using still shots and machinima from multiplayer online role-playing games, as well as what she should do if video game companies won't respond to requests to license material.

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This month's fair use question comes from a filmmaker who wants to use photos and letters from a now-deceased man in his film but cannot find the copyright owner. 

You can find this question and more in Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi's new book, Reclaiming Fair Use.

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