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Fair Use and New Media Composing
Posted December 13th, 2007 by iamdan
As part of the end-of-semester reflection on the teaching that has gone under the bridge during the last few months, I offer this screencast. This is not an adjudication, arbitration, or investigation. Just pushing. 
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The real sticky example in the video is the last one, in which an entire song is translated into a video expression. It might be that using the song in the original video bumps into or spills over the limits of fair use. I'd be curious to hear what people think. After you chew on that one, you might ruminate about using the entire song in this video.
You'll need a good Internet connection and about twelve minutes.
Let's be Fair: Intellectual Property and New Media Composition from Daniel Anderson on Vimeo.
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Re: Fair Use and New Media Composing
Great examples. Oh, so fun--you've reminded me of reading and getting jazzed about Costanzo's _Double Exposure_ lo those many years ago, and motivated me to grab his new one very soon, too: _The Writer's Eye_.
Sigh. Does my heart good. The copyright question is intriguing, but what's so heartening for me is to see students so thoughtfully learning about compostion by making these decisions (ones they clearly care a great deal about) as they shape their films, music, narration, etc.
Composing--through writing, and film, and sound, and . . . Well, happy dance.
Meanwhile, it occurs to me that many, many a YouTube video is like that last example--using preexisting songs in their entirety, and shaping a video (with images, narration, titles, etc.) to comment upon/make an argument about those.
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Re: Fair Use and New Media Composing
Yes, does my heart good as well. What I love about this stuff is the way it always forces me toward new knowledge as well. I thought for the longest time that copyright was the enemy, but the more I see students limiting what they can do with materials and creating even more thoughtful pieces the more I understand the benefits of constraints and challenges--the sonnet phenomenon, I guess.
The Youtube penchant of repurposing entire songs is also a curious development. I like the "Such Great Height" video a good deal and would welcome others, but am also thinking this more direct overlay generally misses opportunities for really mixing up the media. Again, can't wait to teach this stuff again to experiment more with the limitations and possibilities.