Fair Use Week will take place later this month (February 22-26). One of the week’s goals is to promote greater awareness of issues related to fair use, including the fair-use doctrine, which has changed considerably over the past 40 years. To this end, the next webcast in the “ACRL Presents” series will cover how the four fair-use factors have taken on a new importance because of modifications to the doctrine, even though the language of the factors themselves has not changed much since the 1800s. The webcast, titled “The Fair Use Factors: Their History and Application”, will take place from 1:00 to 2:00 PM CST on Thursday, February 25. Participants will learn about the history of fair-use factors and subfactors, particularly as they relate to such issues as publication status and commerciality. In addition, attendees will become familiar with the recent changes to the fair-use doctrine and how these changes have affected current fair-use law. Participants will then have the opportunity to apply what they have learned to hypothetical scenarios.
For more information about the presentation, and to register (there is no cost), go here. The instructor is copyright lawyer Ana Enriquez, whose research specializes in copyright issues affecting libraries and universities. More background on Fair Use Week is available here.