Important Survey On Fair Use Practices And Understanding
from the take-part dept
Elisa Kreisinger, an artist who makes strong use of fair use for remixing in her art, and refers to herself as a "pop culture pirate," has put together a survey about how people use fair use. Since many of our readers here have experience with fair use, we urge you to take part in the survey. It's especially targeted at creators who have to deal with fair use on a regular basis.Remixers are not pirates or lawbreakers. We actually make some of the best (not to mention funniest and most entertaining) examples of Fair Use in action. But we need to know the law, our rights under it and assert these rights when needed.As she notes, this is part of a new art project she's working on, as an artist-in-residence for Eyebeam and Public Knowledge. The survey itself is only open for another day or so, so please take the time to fill it out and share your experiences with fair use.We’re at a pivotal point in remix culture: artists and creators and makers have a working understanding of Fair Use; we talk about at conferences, on Twitter and of course on YouTube. But for all the talk, we’re still confused about how to use it and our Fair Use work is continually threatened by takedowns and copyright violations. As a result, when forced to defend or dispute the legality of our work, we often succumb to myths that favor the copyright holder over ourselves as creators. My Eyebeam/Public Knowledge installation, Fair Use(r), seeks to shed light on this dynamic through crowd sourcing data on artists experiences’ negotiating Fair Use in remix culture. Anyone can participate, starting today, right here.
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Second-handers.
"often succumb to myths that favor the copyright holder over ourselves as creators" -- Except those aren't myths; they're clearly derived from common law that might be expressed "I made it, therefore I own it; you do not".
You'll definitely fail if allying with people who state an abject dependence on others. Geez, people: the real creators want to see even a tiny spark from you, not have their own works mangled until sickening. Just do your own work as originally as you can.
If you're against copyright, quit putting your name on posts! You don't own the idea!
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Re: Second-handers.
Typical OOTB posts ad hominem attacks and logical fallacies to gain attention because he's a lonely ads troll that no straight woman or gay male (like myself) would sleep with him.
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and it's been proven time and again that copyright is not derived from common law. the sweat of the brow argument has been repeatedly rejected.
" If you're against copyright, quit putting your name on posts! You don't own the idea!"
copyright and attribution are separate issues dunce
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Re: Second-handers.
Does this include you? After all, you just quoted part of someone else’s work for the purposes of commentary and criticism, which means you relied on Fair Use.
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Hopefully we'll reach that stage at some point.
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moron couldn't tell the difference between fair use and fair weather. she's so wrapped up with doing as she's told, she only knows what day it is after getting her daily instructions
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Re: Second-handers.
Copyright is not based on common law.
Fair use, on the other hand, is based on common law.
It's amazing how completely wrong you are about everything.
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