What Does the CASE Act Mean for Filmmakers and Fair Use?
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About this Event
The CASE Act, which was tucked into must-pass legislation at the end of 2020, creates a new venue for copyright disputes up to $30,000. It’ll be set up over the next year at the Copyright Office. What does this mean for filmmakers? What does this have to do with your fair use rights—your right to use unlicensed copyrighted material in reasonable amounts for new purposes? How does this affect your fair use decisions? Can you use this new venue to challenge someone who has unfairly exploited your work?
Join us for a 90-minute discussion on Friday, February 5, 2021 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern. The event, organized by Bart Weiss of the University Film and Video Documentary Working Group and communications scholar Patricia Aufderheide of American University, will be moderated by AU graduate student Aisha Azimi with legal experts Meredith Rose (Public Knowledge), Dale Cohen (UCLA Documentary Film Law Clinic) and Michael Donaldson (Donaldson & Callif).
The event will be professionally captioned.
Sponsored by:
University Film and Video Association’s Documentary Working Group
Center for Media & Social Impact
American University’s School of Communication
