#FairUseFriday: Exactly 0 perfect brackets remain, but that is part of what makes March Madness so fun! And of course it's not just for basketball fans – the memes, GIFs, and videos created to make fun of the busted brackets (all made possible thanks to fair use) are half the entertainment.
For #FairUseFriday this week, we’re highlighting the viral moments that make the internet fun: creating memes, screenshotting, reacting to broadcasts, and more, which are all protected by fair use ⬇️
Happy #FairUseFriday!
#FairUseFriday Conan O’Brien’s cold open at the Oscars wasn't just a “replay” of highlights from this year’s best films; it was a fair use parody. By inserting Conan into Weapons, Sinners, and all the Best Picture nominees, the Academy created a new transformative work.
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☘️ #FairUseFriday Want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a cinematic visit to Ireland? Check out the Irish Times’ roundup of the Top 10 Irish films of all time (circa 2019), with preview clips powered by fair use to help you decide what to watch! ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnCt...
My daughter (15) was calling her least favorite classmates "pick me girls" for years before I realized it had something to do with Gray's Anatomy—which she has never seen. Culture travels and morphs in such interesting ways! Happy #fairusefriday, y'all!
#Fairusefriday is a good day for Prof. Ed Lee's paper, Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny, to be officially published in its final form. It's a vital contribution, as theories of "market dilution" continue to be proffered against AI training as a fair use.
#FairUseFriday Fair use memes help some movie and TV moments become iconic, like Meredith Grey’s “pick me” monologue, which was shared and quoted so often it spawned an epithet: the “pick me girl.”
Our #FairUseFriday series highlights everyday activities made possible by fair use, such as sharing clips or memes online, quoting a book in a review, using images in a school project, or searching for information online without needing permission each time. Check it out ➡️
Before they were presidents, they were candidates, and they had to sell themselves to the American people. We can learn a lot from these ads, and thanks to fair use, we can reuse them for our own criticism, commentary, and creativity! Happy #fairusefriday!
#FairUseFriday This week, as classrooms across America celebrate Presidents’ Day, fair use creates opportunities for teachers and students to explore and learn from the past.
Maybe we'll touch on scary movies next month, when the 13th falls on #fairuseFriday AGAIN! 🔪 For this month, let's focus on love, actually 💘 - and how fair use can help you pick a good rom-com to watch this weekend:
Looking for a good rom-com for Valentine’s Day this #fairusefriday? Thanks to fair use, video essays can use clips to break down the genre’s history, highlight all-time greats, and even ask whether rom-coms are going extinct. Vanity Fair crunches the numbers here: youtu.be/SgyaTrDDY4k?....
Of course the biggest shared cultural event of the year is also massively fueled by fair use! Happy #fairusefriday!
#FairUseFriday Who’s excited for all the upcoming Super Bowl content? Whether it’s a newspaper critique of the ads or a TikTok highlight from the halftime show, fair use plays an essential role in amplifying the Super Bowl’s role as one of the largest shared cultural moments of the year.
#FairUseFriday Fair use plays an essential role in preserving art forms from one generation to the next.
I love this series! Tune in every Friday for CC's latest PD goodness. A lovely companion to #fairusefriday!
#FairUseFriday “It’s the economy, stupid!” And a recent @CCIA study found that fair use is a major boost to the U.S. economy. Topline takeaways ⬇️
I went all Debbie Downer the other day about how long copyright lasts and how miserly our public domain rules are, BUT there's a silver lining! For #fairusefriday, remember we have a First Amendment safeguard against over-long copyrights, thanks to fair use!
This #FairUseFriday, take heart: the Supreme Court said fair use is a First Amendment safeguard against harm from extra-long, extra-strong copyrights. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_...
ICYMI, our last #fairusefriday of the year is a light one, looking at the joys of cooking online and using visual quotations in cooking videos as a fair use technique. Happy holidays!
It's been, uh, kind of a heavy copyright news week, amirite? Unwind tonight with a little #fairusefriday goodness from us at @recreatecoalition.bsky.social --
🎥✂️This #FairUseFriday we are reflecting on how teachers, professionals, filmmakers, songwriters and more all rely on fair use to quote, remix, and build on classic Christmas culture in presentations, movie scenes, songs and more.
🦃Did you enjoy watching coverage of performances and floats at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Our favorite moment was this exchange shared between a young girl and Al Roker. This #FairUseFriday, we celebrate how sharing viral clips is protected by fair use.
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Happy #fairusefriday! Fair use isn’t just for big names like Ken Burns. Everyone has fair use rights, and you can use them to tell any story that matters to you. For fair use tactics the pros use, check out the Documentary Filmmakers Code of Best Practices in Fair Use: cmsimpact.org/code/documen....
Have you been watching the new Ken Burns docu-series, The American Revolution? Like all doc filmmakers, Burns’ work is powered by fair use techniques such as quoting from historical letters, archival photographs, and other primary sources to create films. What’s your favorite doc? #FairUseFriday 📜📽️
Visual art has been a rich playing field for fair use, and this #fairusefriday we celebrate that impact. Artists who want to flex their rights should check out the CAA Code of Best Practices: www.collegeart.org/pdf/fair-use...
#FairUseFriday From amateur art students to established artists, fair use lets artists build on existing culture to inspire new works! An example of this is Barbara Kruger’s work with collage, using existing works to create new images with a radical message-a great example of fair use! Check it out:
#FairUseFriday 👏Re:Create member @arl.org just released an addendum to its Code of Best Practices in Fair Use: the law has improved to enable library services for people with disabilities. Learn more about fair use and fair information access for all! www.arl.org/news/updated...
Happy #FairUseFriday!
We love this example from @recreatecoalition.bsky.social showing how fair use enables parody Halloween costumes.
From spoOOooOooky Halloween outfits to ghost-themed story times in the library, fair use helps us create and share freely.
