| Doom9 - Fair-Use DVD backups  |
The definitive DVD backup resource. Numerous guides explain how to make Fair-Use copies of DVD video. |
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| Copyrights and Copywrongs |
Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan tracks the history of American copyright law through the 20th century. He argues persuasively that in its current punitive, highly restrictive form, American copyright law hinders cultural production, thereby contributing to the poverty of civic culture. |
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| Educational Use of Media: Exemptions to the DMCA |
Peter Decherney, University of Pennsylvania, details the exemption to the DMCA that allows film and media studies professors to copy clips for use in their classes. He was one of the professors who filed a comment to the Library of Congress requesting this exemption. |
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| Afterdawn |
Numerous how-to guides and other resources for making fair-use back-ups of DVDs. |
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| Fair Usage Publication of Film Stills |
Kristin Thompson makes the case for the fair use of frame grabs in academic publications. |
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| Fair User's Manual, A |
Know your rights before the copyright cops read them to you. Brendan I. Koerner explains four basic components of US fair use. Originally published in Wired. |
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| Fair-Use Resources at IUPUI |
Index of fair-use resources prepared by Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis. |
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| Frame Grab and Video Capture Tutorial |
How to make fair-use video captures and frame grabs of video on VHS tapes and DVDs. Designed for students/teachers using video material in teaching and research. Sponsored by TVCrit.com, the companion Web site for Television: Critical Methods and Applications.
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| Fair Use and Free Speech Resources |
Hosted by the Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University. From the site: "Fair use is the right, in some circumstances, to quote copyrighted material without asking permission or paying for it. It is a crucial feature of copyright law and what keeps copyright from being censorship." |
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| Videohelp |
Helps you make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, DV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF. Lists of capture cards, DVD media, computer DVD writers, desktop DVD recorders and desktop DVD Players with features, compatibility information and user comments. |
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| Checklist for Fair Use |
Handy checklist to see if your use of copyrighted material qualifies as fair use in the U.S. PDF format for easy printing. Prepared by Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis. |
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| Copyright Term and the Public Domain |
Handy chart showing when various films/TV programs/etc. enter the public domain. Created by Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University. |
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| Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials |
Fair-use advice for educators from the University of Texas. Includes summary of the four fair-use factors. |
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| When Copying Is Okay: The 'Fair Use' Rule |
Discussion of what is and is not 'fair use.' Prepared by Nolo, a provider of do-it-yourself legal solutions for consumers and small businesses. |
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| Electronic Frontier Foundation |
Defending freedom in the digital world |
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| FreeCulture |
An international student movement for free culture. The mission of the Free Culture movement is to build a bottom-up, participatory structure to society and culture, rather than a top-down, closed, proprietary structure. |
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| Public Knowledge |
A U.S. public-interest advocacy organization dedicated to fortifying and defending an information commons. Works to promote the core conviction that some fundamental democratic principles and cultural values—openness, access, and the capacity to create and compete—must be given new embodiment in the digital age. |
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