Copyright & Fair Use: Film/Media/Multimedia

The Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS) has created the following guide, "Statement of Best Practices for Fair Use in Teaching for Film and Media Educators":

Do you often perform or display works during face-to-face teaching or during an online course?  If so, section 110(1)(face to face teaching) and section 110(2)(TEACH Act) of U.S. Copyright Law provides exemptions for educators using copyrighted works in those circumstances.  Try out the following online tool to determine if your use of a protected work falls under this exemption:

Best practices for those interested in creating online videos from the Center for Social Media at American University's School of Communication.

Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music

An online comic from the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University focuses on fair use and copyright issues in documentary filmmaking: