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Access Shrugged: The Decline of the Copyleft and the Rise of Utilitarian Openness

Posted by Patricia Aufderheide | Nov 30, 2022 | Academic Resources, Open

[Aram Sinnreich, Patricia Aufderheide, Maggie Clifford and Saif Shahin] Abstract: This article maps patterns of interest in key terms associated with copyright and online culture in the US context. Using exploratory factor analysis of data from Google Trends, authors examined patterns in keyword searches between 2004 and 2019… These data show empirically that the public curiosity about alternatives to strict copyright have changed during the study period. Earlier, more idealistic movements contrast with later, more practical approaches.

Creative Action under Two Copyright Regimes: Filmmaking and Visual Arts in Australia and the U.S.

Posted by Patricia Aufderheide | Nov 11, 2022 | Academic Resources, Fair Use, Limitations and Exceptions

[Aram Sinnreich, Patricia Aufderheide and Donte Newman] Abstract: A comparison of the behaviors of two creative populations operating within cross-media environments in the U.S. and Australia tests the comparative effect of the two nations’ legal environments on the range of creative expression and on costs of production in increasingly digitized production processes.

New Survey on Access Barriers to Text and Data Mining Research

Posted by Patricia Aufderheide | Mar 1, 2022 | Academic Resources, Empirical Research, IP & Research, Limitations and Exceptions, User Rights Network

[Patricia Aufderheide] A new survey explores the problems researchers in various sectors experiences in attempting to use text and datamining (TDM), and you can help. TDM is a basic feature of daily digital life, for good and ill. It is what enables search; it drives targeted advertising; it feeds predictive policing; and increasingly for scholars it is a crucial tool to track networked behaviors and identify patterns relevant to their subject disciplines. Those disciplines are as wide-ranging as medicine, political science, engineering, legal studies and communication; for Internet studies, it is routine. But unless you work for a company that generates the data you want to study… it can be tricky to get your hands on the material. Copyright and contracts get in the way; so do terms of service. And library/archive policies. And, of course, lack of knowledge and misinformation. Our survey, offered in English, Portuguese and Spanish, will give us cross-cultural information on what problems researchers encounter, and what they do when they have those problems.

Fair Use in Practice: South Korean Film Directors’ Copyright Understanding

Posted by Patricia Aufderheide | Feb 7, 2021 | Academic Resources, Empirical Research, Fair Use

[Yoonmo Sang, Patricia Aufderheide, Minjeong Kim] Abstract: This study, based on a survey of 100 South Korean film directors, investigates their understanding and employment of fair use. South Korean film directors are largely unaware of this law that could improve their capacity to create work more effectively and at lower cost. Furthermore, they engage in self-censorship, which can limit their creative choices. Many such choices inhibit the exploration of South Korea’s vigorous popular culture and its history. These obstacles largely lie not with the law, but with knowledge and norms in the field.

The Chilling Effect of Copyright Permissions on Academic Research: The Case of Communication Researchers

Posted by Patricia Aufderheide | May 4, 2020 | Academic Resources, IP & Research

Abstract: Communications researchers in the U.S., who routinely analyze copyrighted material, both qualitatively and quantitatively, face challenges from strict copyright. The doctrine of fair use permits some unpermissioned use of copyrighted works. Survey research shows that researchers routinely need access to copyrighted material; that they are often unsure or confused, even unknowing, about fair use; and that this lack of knowledge and/or familiarity leads to both failure to execute and failure to initiate, or “imagination foregone.” Creating a best practices code has improved knowledge but more institutional change is needed for knowledge to inform action.

Copyright Rules Crippling Artists

Posted by Patricia Aufderheide | Jun 13, 2017 | Domestic Policies, Fair Use

All over the world, copyright regimes have figured out how to write exceptions that don’t hurt the market for creators’ work but permit new work to be made without strangling costs. But Australia has one of the most rigid...

Fair Use Myths Debunked in Australia

Posted by Patricia Aufderheide | Feb 28, 2017 | Domestic Legislation, Domestic Policies, Fair Use

At the Australian Digital Alliance Forum, the first keynote from the Productivity Commission’s Deputy Chair Karen Chester busted myths about fair use. “Fair use has become not a nice-to-have, or even a good-to-have, but a policy...

Author: Patricia Aufderheide

Access Shrugged: The Decline of the Copyleft and the Rise of Utilitarian Openness

Creative Action under Two Copyright Regimes: Filmmaking and Visual Arts in Australia and the U.S.

New Survey on Access Barriers to Text and Data Mining Research

Fair Use in Practice: South Korean Film Directors’ Copyright Understanding

The Chilling Effect of Copyright Permissions on Academic Research: The Case of Communication Researchers

Copyright Rules Crippling Artists

Fair Use Myths Debunked in Australia

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