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IDeATe: 62-150-B: Introduction to Mediascapes: About Copyright & Fair Use

The Basics

Copyright
Fair Use

Copy Right Basics

Visual Art & Copyright

Engage Your Creativity

What Visual and Graphic Artists Should Know about Copyright

FAQ about Copyright

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

4 Factors of Fair Use

1. Purpose & Character of Use

2. Nature of Copyrighted Work

3. Amount Used

4. Effect of Potential Market or Value

Fair Use Index (U.S. Copyright Office)

Best Practices & Guides

Think Before You Appropriate: A Guide for Creators and Designers Simon Fraser University

Copyright Guide
(Indiana University Libraries)
Copyright & Fair Use Guide
(Stanford University Libraries)
Copyright Quick Guide
(Columbia University Libraries)

Tools

U.S. Copyright Records
Search the Copyright Public Records Catalog online. 1978 to present.
Fair Use Checklist
A helpful tool from Columbia University Libraries
Stanford's Copyright Renewal Database
A searchable index of the copyright renewal records for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963.

Public Domain

The Public Domain Review
The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Check out PDR's free to download colouring books, Zoom backgrounds, and Collections (including these beautiful illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues).
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
The Center for the Study of the Public at Duke Law School promotes research and scholarship on contributions of the public domain.
1923: A Monthly Zine of Public Domain Treasures
1923 is a year-long zine publication by Parker Higgins distributed on paper to 100 subscribers and online to the world.

What is copyright?

What is Fair Use?

What is Cultural Appropriation?

Questions?

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Contact:

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Subjects: Art, Design

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Unlicensed: Bootlegging as Creative Practice
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Copy This Book! What Data Tells Us About Copyright and the Public Good
Copy This Book: An Artist's Guide to Copyright
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Reclaiming Critical Remix Video: The Role of Sampling in Transformative Works
Keywords in Remix Studies
The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies
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Cutting Across Media: Appropriation Art, Interventionist Collage, and Copyright Law
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Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
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Subjects: Art, Design, IDeATe

Tags: Copyright, Creative Commons, Fair Use, Intellectual Property, Public Domain, Remix, zines