{"id":292,"date":"2018-02-26T23:57:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/copyrightosc\/?p=292"},"modified":"2018-02-27T00:01:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:01:03","slug":"fair-use-week-2018-day-two-with-guest-expert-krista-cox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/copyrightosc\/2018\/02\/26\/fair-use-week-2018-day-two-with-guest-expert-krista-cox\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Use Week 2018: Day Two With Guest Expert Krista Cox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fair Use and User Generated Content<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By Krista Cox<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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In keeping with tradition, ARL has released a new infographic in celebration of Fair Use\/Fair Dealing Week.\u00a0 While I\u2019m a big fan of all of our past infographics (Fair Use Fundamentals<\/a>, Fair Use in the Day in the Life of College Student<\/a> and Fair Use Myths and Facts<\/a>), here\u2019s what I love about this year\u2019s infographic, Fair Use Promotes the Creation of New Knowledge<\/a>:<\/em> it reminds us that fair use isn\u2019t just about someone using existing information, but about relying on it for new creations. Fair use facilitates all types of new knowledge, from news reporting to the creation of innovative technological products, to scholarship.<\/p>\n

In the digital environment, in particular, creating new high-quality content and disseminating it widely has become easier.\u00a0 User-generated content is highly popular and often relies on fair use.\u00a0 While the Fair Use Promotes the Creation of New Knowledge<\/em> infographic contains several different examples of the type of new information and culture that fair use enables, I want to highlight some great examples of user-generated content, such as fan fiction<\/a>, remix songs and mashup videos.<\/p>\n