Blogs
An Information Community Case Study in Washington, D.C.
In Public Media 2.0 the digital landscape is changing the way individuals interact with media—as identified in the Public Media 2.0 white paper, people’s media habits are being transformed. Read more...
Chipmunk Tackles Fair Use Rights
Check out our newest video, "Fair Use Is A Right," created by AU Alum Kristian Perry and featuring the Dramatic Chipmunk! Share this with your friends on Facebook and Twitter and spread the word about fair use!
Open Video Conference: October 1-2, 2010 in New York City
Following close on the heels of Innovate / Activate, join CSM and colleagues again in New York City for the Open Video Conference, October 1-2, 2010. Open video is the movement to promote free expression and innovation in online video.
FOCAS 2010 Event Reveals Competing Concepts of Civic Engagement
Last week, the Aspen Institute hosted its annual Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS), exploring the theme of "News Cities: The Next Generation of Healthy Informed Communities." Official topics included the future of local journalism, Read more...
Fair Use Question of the Month: Is it Fair Use Out Of the Classroom?
Question:
Dear Center for Social Media:
I’m a video production professor, and my students do a great little assignment where they re-edit a scene from a movie. Sometimes they’re very funny. We’d like to show them in the university-wide film festival, and send the students home at the end of the year with a DVD compilation of them. I’m even thinking they’d make a nice promotional item for our program. Read more...
Film/Video Professors and Fair Use Education
At the annual University Film and Video Association conference this August, professors from across the country gathered on the well-appointed campus of Champlain College to discuss, among other things, fair use in film education.Read more...
Vote for CSM on the SXSW PanelPicker!
The Center for Social Media is endorsing four panel proposals at the prestigious South by Southwest film festival. Panels are chosen in part by crowdsourcing. If you find any of these interesting, please consider voicing your opinion on the SXSW PanelPicker site by entering a vote.
Comparing New News Models: How Engagement Strategies and Impact Intersect
How are news-focused public media projects tracking their impact? That’s the question that CSM Research Fellow Erin Roberts, at right, set out to explore in a set of interviews with leaders from innovative journalism projects.Read more...
Fair Use Victories on the DMCA
Another victory for common sense and fair use came today from the Librarian of Congress, acting on recommendations from Copyright Office.
