I'm an artist -- avoiding copyright issues

G E O R G I A H A R P E R , J . D .

I’M AN ARTIST

MANAGING © RISK

MAKE I T . CC/ OA . L ICENSE . TRANSFORM

MAKE IT YOURSELF

ALWAYS SAFE . NO R ISK

CREATIVE COMMONS

SEARCH STRATEGIES

DEVELOP SEARCH SK I LLS

FLICKR

A T T R I B U T I O N . N O N C O M M E R C I A L . N O D E R I V A T I V E S . S H A R E A L I K E

FLICKR

AUDIO AND VIDEO

IMAGES AND TEXT

S E T T I N G S A D V A N C E D S E A R C H

GOOGLE IMAGES SEARCH

F R E E T O U S E , S H A R E O R M O D I F Y , E V E N C O M M E R C I A L L Y

ADVANCED SEARCH . USAGE RIGHTS

YOUR CC LICENSE

Don’t forget your CC license

Keep your work in the creative flow

DIRECT LICENSE

T IME . MONEY . NOT ALWAYS POSS IBLE

TRANSFORM

THE NUANCE OF FAIR USE

• First Amendment

• Transformative

works & purposes

• Types overlap

Unbundling Fair Use

PAM SAMUELSON

TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS

P R O D U C T I V E A N D O R T H O G O N A L

TRANSFORMATIVE PURPOSES

TRANSFORMATIVE USES: GONE WITH THE WIND

IF THE USE IS TRANSFORMATIVE…

Amount: no more than needed to achieve purpose

Benefit to public exceeds harm to copyright owner’s interests

C H A L L E N G E D O T H E R S ’ U S E O F T H E I R M A T E R I A L S

SULLIVAN, FAULKNER AND SELTZER

U S E A 7 - S E C O N D T V C L I P I N T R O D U C I N G T H E F O U R S E A S O N S

THE JERSEY BOYS

U S E S 9 W O R D S A T T R I B U T E D T O F A U L K N E R

WOODY ALLEN

U S E S S E L T Z E R ’ S S C R E A M I M A G E A S V I D E O B A C K D R O P

GREEN DAY

F A I R U S E B E S T P R A C T I C E S

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION

• Good for• Visual Artists

• Poets

• Musicians

• Writers

• Directors

• Producers

• Distributors

• The public

• Good to loosen our grip a bit

Creative uses

Productive purposes

Orthogonal purposes

CC LICENSES

FAIR USE