{"id":2839,"date":"2017-02-14T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/scholarly\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2017-02-14T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T16:36:02","slug":"spotlight-happy-fair-use-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/scholarly\/2017\/spotlight-happy-fair-use-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: Happy Fair Use Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2840\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2840\" class=\"wp-image-2840 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/fair-use-week1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clockwise from top, images from hp-lexicon.org, axanarproductions.com, Amazon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For students, faculty, and researchers, <a href=\"http:\/\/fairuseweek.org\/\">Fair Use Week<\/a>\u00a0(February 20-24) is\u00a0reason to celebrate: fair use provides an essential safety valve that allows us to use copyrighted works without obtaining permission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/codes.lp.findlaw.com\/uscode\/17\/1\/107\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fair use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a remarkably short and comprehensible piece of copyright law that reflects the need for copyrighted works to be available for all to be used for \u201cpurposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching\u2026 scholarship, or research.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>In celebration of Fair Use Week, the MIT Libraries are hosting two events<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/innovation-creation\/24180\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Innovation, creation, and copyright law: a conversation about legal services for MIT students<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Panel discussion: February 21st, 12-1 pm, 56-114. Refreshments provided.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/fiction-fair\/24184\/\">Fan fiction and fair use<\/a>: February 22nd, 12-1 pm, \u00a032-124. Refreshments provided.\u00a0<strong>This event will be webcast. Watch<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/webcast.mit.edu\/spr2017\/lib\/1708\/3\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also: Check out these MIT Libraries resources to learn more about copyright and fair use:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webcast.amps.ms.mit.edu\/spr2016\/Lib\/1608\/4\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Video of MIT-Harvard panel on fair use in scholarly journal and book publishing from February 23, 2016:<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The panel explores the barriers and issues that arise when scholarly publishers consider whether to allow fair use as a basis for including third-party material in scholarly articles and books, and considers the implications for authors and the scholarly publishing process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/files\/ospcl\/fair-use-quiz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fair use quiz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: self-guided quiz explaining fair use and providing various scenarios to assess common fair use cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/scholarly\/publishing\/using-copyrighted-content\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fair use \u00a0&amp; copyright overview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Overview of how to determine the copyright and licensing status of an image or other content, how to apply fair use, where to find \u201cworry-free\u201d images, and how to cite.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/c.php?g=176183&amp;p=1159045\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using images: Copyright and fair use: Identifying images for reuse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: A web guide on images and copyright, with links to more resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/scholarly\/publishing\/theses-copyright\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuse of figures, images, and other content in theses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: For students working on theses, information on MIT Libraries\u2019 license agreements with publishers that make it possible to reuse figures in your thesis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/member\/cheyenne_h\/blog\/Radio_Free_Culture_38_Wishing_You_A_Happy_Fair_Use_Week_with_Ellen_Duranceau\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Podcast on fair use<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Radio Free Culture #38: a 2015 Fair Use Week podcast interview with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/profiles\/efinnie\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ellen Finnie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, head of Scholarly Communications and Collections Strategy at the MIT Libraries. In this episode, RFC host Cheyenne Hohman speaks with Ellen about the four elements of fair use, how to determine if your use is fair, and other issues around the edges of copyright, music, technology.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techtv.mit.edu\/videos\/4882\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A window on fair use:<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Video on relying on fair use to legally reuse copyrighted content without permission from the copyright holder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For students, faculty, and researchers, Fair Use Week\u00a0(February 20-24) is\u00a0reason to celebrate: fair use provides an essential safety valve that allows us to use copyrighted works without obtaining permission. 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