When it comes to copyright, the discussion today invariably focuses on piracy. For todays large copyright-based industries, almost any unauthorized use of their content is considered stealing. But the real question may be what such a restrictive reading of copyright steals from the public. In Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright (Univ. of Chicago, 2011) authors Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi look at the impact of todays copyright policies on creativity and argue that fair usethat long-embedded if often misunderstood core principle of copyrightcan help creators cut through the static of todays confusing, contentious copyright environment. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]