In an increasingly copyrighted world, Fair Use makes it possible to develop critical thinking and communications skills that are essential for participation in 21st Century Life.

                                                                                               - Renee Hobbs

Copyright issues and fair use:

• Center for Social Media -- FAIR USE publications & teaching resources
• Media Education Lab -- (copyright and fair use) -- "Yes You Can Use Copyright" (ppt)

• Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://www.eff.org/
  

• UofMN Library Copyright & Fair Use resources -- Fair Use Teaching Scenarios & Analysis Tool
• TEL Seminar on Copyright. On the page you'll find a link to the podcast recording. There is also an annotated bibliography, which lists articles: "The Cost of Copyright Confusion" (Renee Hobbs, et. al) and "The Ecstasy of Influence,"  http://dmc.umn.edu/spotlight/copyright.shtml
• Special issue of the Journal of Cultural Studies on intellectual property
• Copyright Issues (Resources from Beach's Wiki)
• Chilling Effects Clearinghouse has great resources, including a library of cease and desist notices: http://www.chillingeffects.org/
• Obama HOPE image and AP: copyright violation or Fair Use? editorial --

teaching resources related to copyright & fair use:

• Don't Copy that Floppy -- a blast from the past, 1980's video on not copying software.
• Don't Copy that Floppy: The Sequel -- an updated version of the 1990's video which addresses file sharing
• "The Code of best practices in fair use for media literacy education" (video & article)
• "The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy" by Hobbs, R. Jaszi, P. & Aufderheide, P.  (Companion Video)
• "Remix as fair use" -- Grateful Dead Posters determined to be transformative and hence "fair use"

• rip! A Remix Manifesto: http://www.ripremix.com/
  

• student-made music videos explaining copyright & fair use (for classroom use)
• "Fair Use is your Friend" - (via BlipTV) -- Video that motivates reading "Code of Best Practices" doc
• Creative Commons (ppt) 10 Things Educators Need to Know ("Creative Dignity")
• Rick Beach's wiki list of Copyright and Fair use resources Teaching Writing with Blogs Wikis