The ability to easily create and share online video presents unprecedented opportunities for self-expression, but has at the same time generated significant confusion about what is permissable versus impermissable copying. How does one balance the rights of copyright holders and the rights of those who use content for new, valuable and expressive purposes.
Dr. Peter Jaszi having spent many years educating and speaking on “Fair Use” policies for Film and Television, has now turned his attention to Online video, as well.
Dr. Jaszi, Professor of Law and Director of Intellectual Property Law Clinic at American University, has literally written the book on copyright and Fair Use.
Whether you are doing a documentary film, non-fiction television, or a social network viral video or webisode, if you are using other people’s copyrighted materials, this workshop is for you!
Dr. Jaszi walks through CASE STUDIES, and current application in recent Film, TV and On-line Video.
The Producers Guild of America New Media Council East and the PGA East Documentary and Non-Fiction Committee presents a workshop on the future of media policy, and the current changes in Copyright Law that effect the use of video, music and material choices all producers need and have wanted to choose to get their stories across, but have been held back because of the costs of clearances and the hesitancy of what is Fair Use and what is not.
The advances in new technology also have created different ways material is used and these areas are examined as well as the traditional role this material is used in Film and Television. Case studies are discussed and members may bring up specific ways they are using copyrighted material and the accepted rights and clearances necessary, or NOT necessary, regarding E&O insurance, rights clearances costs, lengths of material accepted for use, and the interpretation of the law accepted in today’s world, of the term “Fair Use”.
