By Joshua Lamel, Executive Director of Re:Create Coalition The United States Trade Representative (USTR) will hold a public hearing on March 1 on its Special 301 report, which identifies countries that lack adequate intellectual property (IP) protection or “deny fair and equitable market access to US persons who rely on intellectual property protection.” In past years, Special 301 reports ignored or…

Check out all of the great posts from Day 5 of Fair Use Week 2016! Don’t see yours? Contact us to get yours added! Comics Kyle K. Courtney and Sarah W. Searle, authors, and Jackie Roche, illustrator and author, “Bill Graham Archives v. DK: Music Promoter’s Archives vs. Publisher” (PDF) Kyle K. Courtney and Sarah W. Searle, authors, and Jackie…

Every time anyone create a meme or posts a gif to social media that makes use of someone else’s original idea, he or she is engaged in “fair use.” It might not the biggest part of one’s day but it certainly enriches the experience. To recognize and appreciate the thousand-and-one small ways fair use makes our lives fuller and more…

Check out all of the great posts from Day 4 of Fair Use Week 2016! Don’t see yours? Contact us to get yours added! Images Swarthmore College Libraries, Warhol-esque soup can reading “Using old art to make new art is fair use,”promoting a library event for users to create transformative art Radio Radio Berkman, Berkman Center for Internet & Society,…

Most people don’t realize copyright law impacts what we do every day, including how we watch and listen to entertainment. The principle of “fair use” is part of our nation’s copyright law that allows everyone to use existing material without permission, under certain circumstances. View our Buzzfeed for the 19 things you’d be missing out on without this protection of free expression.

Check out all of the great posts from Day 3 of Fair Use Week 2016! Don’t see yours? Contact us to get yours added! Radio WOSA Public Radio: interview with Sandra Enimil, head of The Ohio State University Libraries Copyright Resources Center, about how to interpret and apply fair use Resources Brigham Young University, Copyright Licensing Office: Fair Use Week…

*This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines.   Today’s post is by guest blogger, Wanda Noel, a Canadian lawyer with a practice focused exclusively on copyright. Noel…

*This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines.  Cross-posted from fairuseweek.org* Check out all of the great posts from Day 2 of Fair Use Week 2016! Don’t…

  Today, President Barack Obama announced that he would nominate Dr. Carla Hayden, CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland, as the next Librarian of Congress. As the head of the world’s largest library, the Librarian of Congress leads by example on issues affecting public access to knowledge and information. Public Knowledge commends President Obama for his…

Washington — Today the White House announced its intent to nominate Dr. Carla Hayden as the next Librarian of Congress.  Dr. Hayden has helped the Pratt Library in Baltimore modernize its IT and championed digital literacy. The following can be attributed to Computer & Communications Industry Association President & CEO Ed Black: “A librarian who has experience modernizing library information…