Fair Use Week 2016

February 22-26

Harvard is delighted to be participating in the third annual Fair Use Week. This is an opportunity for the University community to celebrate the fair use doctrine, which "facilitate[s] balance in copyright law, promoting further progress and accommodating freedom of speech and expression." The fair use of images, text, and more in scholarly work and beyond is essential, from student dissertations to faculty scholarship, MOOCs, and more.

Fair Use Week launched in 2014 when Kyle K. Courtney, the Office for Scholarly Communication's (OSC's) Program Manager and Copyright Advisor, turned the idea that was tossed out as a lark at a conference into a noteworthy event. It now enjoys the sponsorship of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and is being celebrated internationally.

We invite you to explore the upcoming Harvard-based Fair Use Week festivities and read a roundup of the events after the fact. You may also find other local and national events, which will be listed on the ARL's Fair Use Week website.

In addition to attending the events listed below, you may celebrate Fair Use Week by following the activity on the OSC's copyright blog, which will feature guest posts from fair use experts; Fair Use Week Tumblr, which will feature fair use stories; and Fair Use Week Twitter feed, which will keep you up to date on Fair Use Week conversations.

Do you have fair use questions? If so, acquaint yourself with your local Copyright First Responder. They are always on hand to help you work through your fair use analysis.

Follow @FairUseWeek for a chance to win a Fair Use Week tote. And thank you for joining us in celebrating the power of the four factors to transform teaching, learning, and scholarship.

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Fair Use Week 2016 at Harvard

• February 22
  • RTL Shares Presents: Copyright? We Can Do It! at Lamont B30, 12:15-1:15; Speakers, Kyle K. Courtney and Emily Bell
  • Guest blog post by Kenneth Crews, Of Counsel to Gipson Hoffman & Pancione and an Adjunct Professor in the Columbia Law School
• February 23
  • MIT and Harvard Library OSC co-sponsored panel discussion, Fair Use in Scholarly Journal and Book Publishing at MIT's Killian Hall (14W-111), 12:00-1:00 (watch the live webcast); Panelists, Nick Lindsay, Journals Director, MIT Press; Bill Smith, Director of Intellectual Property Licensing, MIT Press; Kyle K. Courtney, Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, attorney, and librarian — moderator and panelist
  • Surprise guest blog post
• February 24
  • Association of Southeastern Research Libraries webinar, Mitigating Risk at the Front Lines: The Library Copyright First Responders Program at 2:00; Speaker, Kyle K. Courtney
  • Guest blog post by Krista Cox, Director of ARL Policy Initiatives
• February 25
  • Florida State University's Publish or Perish: Conversations on Academic Publishing Symposium keynote address, "Where Will Publishing Be in 2030? A Look to the Future" at 2:45; Speaker, Kyle K. Courtney
  • Guest blog post by Brandon Butler, University of Virginia Library Director of Information Policy and American University's Washington College of Law's Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic
• February 26
  • Florida State University Institute on Copyright in Higher Education keynote address, Fair Use: Past, Present, and Future of a Critical Legal Right at 9:20 (watch the live webcast); Speaker Kyle K. Courtney
  • Guest blog post by Matthew Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow
  • Fair Use Week surprises

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Thank you for your support of Fair Use Week at Harvard! We encourage you to follow our copyright blog, and Fair Use Week Tumblr and Twitter feeds for news and event information about Fair Use Week 2017.