http://blogs.tribecafilminstitute.org/resources/2008/07/10/fair-use-for-online-video/ A blog project of Tribeca Film Institute Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blogs.tribecafilminstitute.org/resources/2008/07/10/fair-use-for-online-video/comment-page-1/#comment-253 The Chutry Experiment » Fair Use and Online Video Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:39:16 +0000 http://resources.renewmedia.org/?p=307#comment-253 [...] Agnes’s post at Resources reminded me that I haven’t mentioned the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video written by the Center for Social Media. As the Code points out, online video has opened up a number of questions about what constitutes fair use as more and more nonprofessional content circulates on the web. And given that web video quite often makes extensive use of citations of earlier texts through remixes, mashups, and tributes, discussions of how fair use principles apply to online video are helpful. In essence, the Code bases itself in the principle of “transformativeness,” broadly defined. That is, the unlicensed use should “transform” the original material in some way, whether that entails analysis or commentary on the original, recombining elements to make a new meaning, or using it to illustrate a point of some kind. Overall, the Code is a great overview of these issues and well worth reading in full. [...] [...] Agnes’s post at Resources reminded me that I haven’t mentioned the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video written by the Center for Social Media. As the Code points out, online video has opened up a number of questions about what constitutes fair use as more and more nonprofessional content circulates on the web. And given that web video quite often makes extensive use of citations of earlier texts through remixes, mashups, and tributes, discussions of how fair use principles apply to online video are helpful. In essence, the Code bases itself in the principle of “transformativeness,” broadly defined. That is, the unlicensed use should “transform” the original material in some way, whether that entails analysis or commentary on the original, recombining elements to make a new meaning, or using it to illustrate a point of some kind. Overall, the Code is a great overview of these issues and well worth reading in full. [...]

]]> http://blogs.tribecafilminstitute.org/resources/2008/07/10/fair-use-for-online-video/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Chuck Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:10:10 +0000 http://resources.renewmedia.org/?p=307#comment-254 Thanks for the reminder to sit down and read this. I do think online video presents a special case with regards to fair use given that amateur content providers are now able to reach a wider audience. Further, the common language of online productions entails quite a bit of citation (mashups, remixes, etc), so it really is a helpful guide. Thanks for the reminder to sit down and read this. I do think online video presents a special case with regards to fair use given that amateur content providers are now able to reach a wider audience. Further, the common language of online productions entails quite a bit of citation (mashups, remixes, etc), so it really is a helpful guide.

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