Copyright, Fair Use, & YouTube

Below is a cool ten minute YouTube video on fair use that you may have already seen--but definitely worth while! It uses snippets of animated Disney characters to illustrate fair use. It's directed by Eric Faden out of Stanford University's Fair Use Project Documentary Film Program.

Another really great resource on copyright and fair use is American University's Center for Social Media Copyright & Fair Use Site. They also have streaming video illustrations of fair use, aimed more at professionals and filmmakers.

Here's a July 9 post from Jonathan Bailey on the Blog Herald "Copyright Risks in Embedding YouTube Clips." It includes 5 steps for "Taking Precautions." And here's a response to that post from the Electronic Freedom Foundation "YouTube Embedding and Copyright" that says "Well, the news really isn't that dire. In fact, I'd say bloggers are generally pretty safe on this score."

A Fair(y) Use Tale directed by Eric Faden