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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. 417 (1984), also known as the “ Betamax case ”, is a landmark copyright precedent that has had enormous implications for the media economy. copyright law.

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AI for Social Media: Supercharge Your Copy, Images & Videos

Forum One

There are complex copyright and fair use issues, and new PR and crisis communications challenges. The post AI for Social Media: Supercharge Your Copy, Images & Videos appeared first on Forum One. Content needs to be checked and referenced, and sometimes falls short. We’re always eager to problem-solve with you.

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Tips for nonprofits from Candid’s year of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts 

Candid

Today, we are celebrating our first anniversary of short-form video on TikTok , Instagram Reels , and YouTube Shorts. What began as a three-month experiment has now blossomed into a consistent social media video production program. Here is a snapshot of what happened and our tips for creating short-form videos at your nonprofit.

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Social Media, Video, and the Law

Wild Apricot

Technology in the Arts has just released a well-researched and well-written review of the legal issues surrounding the use of video footage, Social Media, Video Footage, and the Law: What performing arts managers need to know. It’s a timely publication, too: Arts marketers work with rapidly changing technologies on a daily basis.

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Can I Use That Video on My Website?

Tech Soup

The Internet has gone "video." Within the next couple of years, video will account for 69 percent of all consumer Internet traffic. It's definitely easier to grab great videos off the Internet to put on your website or blog than to make them. Please visit the site to view this video). But is it legal?

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Congressional Testimony Statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In my prepared statement, I explained why well-balanced intellectual property laws inspire technology innovation and social good, and described how our Bookshare initiative models the good that copyright exceptions can create. To make this possible, we must keep the balance in copyright.

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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This YouTube video is from Kenneth Goldstein and it's hilarious. Note, however, that if you reprint a work and if the copyright is called into question, the burden will fall on you to prove that you "believed and had reasonable grounds for believing that [your] use of the copyrighted work was a fair use," according to the U.S.