Fair Use and the Future of the Commons

With fear, uncertainty and misinformation dominating the discourse of copyright and intellectual property, fair use has become one of the most vexing issues in today's academic landscape. Members of the USC community and the public at large are invited to join in an exploration of this topic during a free seminar at the Annenberg Research Park.

This day-long event addresses these issues head-on with a series of presentations and discussions with key players in the advancement and redefinition of fair use, coupled with a faculty showcase and hands-on workshops at the Institute for Multimedia Literacy.

The goal of this event is to bring clarity to questions of fair use for scholars and educators working with copyrighted media for research, teaching and electronic publication. We believe this event will facilitate some much-needed discussion of the state of contemporary fair use and where we should be setting our sights for the future.

8:30 - 9:00 A.M. Coffee & Registration

9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Keynote Presentation

Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, American University

10:00 - 11:30 A.M. Roundtable Discussion: The Challenges of Fair Use

Moderator: Jennifer Urban, Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic / USC
Participants: Phillip J. Ethington, Center for Transformative Scholarship/USC; Peter Starr, University of Southern California; Eric Faden, Bucknell University; Virginia Kuhn, Institute for Multimedia Literacy  / USC; Anne Friedberg, USC

11:30 - 11:45 A.M.  Break

11:45 - 12:45 P.M.  Panel Discussion: Agents for Change

Moderator: Holly Willis, Institute for Multimedia Literacy / USC
Participants: Francesca Coppa, Organization for Transformative Works/Muhlenberg College; Eric Steuer, Creative Commons; Steve Anderson, Critical Commons/USC

12:45 - 1:30 P.M. Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 P.M.  Fair Use Showcase

Marsha Kinder, Director of Labyrinth Project & Eric Faden, Bucknell University

3:15 - 4:45 P.M.  Workshop: Rip, Mix & Learn

Hands-on strategies for ripping, downloading, and converting video for classroom use.

5:00 - 6:00 P.M. Reception

The event is free and open to the public please RSVP to iml@cinema.usc.edu and join us for any or all of this important event.

Sponsored by the Institute for Multimedia Literacy and Critical Commons with support from the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Initiative

Associated Person:

Virginia Kuhn Anne Friedberg