mind forg'd manacles
DESCRIPTION
The story of how communities of practice such as filmmakers, educators and librarians have journeyed from a permissions culture to one of free expression and claiming of rights, enabling them to meet mission better, by understanding their fair use rights under copyright.TRANSCRIPT
MIND-FORG’D MANACLES:
Fair Use, Free Speech, and Political Action
Pat Aufderheide Center for Social Media American University
Mind-forg’d manacles
• Inside people’s heads
• From submission to agency
• From agency to action
A TALE OF THREE JOURNEYS
The Escape Hatch!FAIR USE:
JUDGES LOVE FAIR USE• Did you transform
the use?
• Did you use the appropriate amount to satisfy the transformative use?
PLUS: What are your community’s expectations?
JOURNEY #1
JOURNEY #2
Open Course Ware Designers
RESULTS• 31 new courses at MIT alone in
one year • Previously rejected for Open
Course Ware
JOURNEY #3
