Copyright, Fair Use and Student Films

While students are protected by certain aspects in the U.S. Copyright and Fair Use laws for classroom projects, as soon as a project is presented beyond the classroom walls, especially to a more general audience, the protection of copyrighted material must be observed. Thus, the Parting Shots Film Festival requires that all submitted entries must include a notification of copyright, to protect the intellectual and real property rights of copyright holders.

We highly encourage all student filmmakers to make use of non-copyrighted or original material for their projects. In the real world of filmmaking, any use of copyrighted materials requires negotiation for use and payment to the copyright holder. Here are some sites where you can learn more about the use of copyrighted materials.

DV Magazine and DV.com

This monthly magazine offers both new and professional video makers many insights to methods and equipment used in video production. They have also printed a variety of articles on copyright for video makers. To enter the site you will be required to provide an email address and password.

COPY RITES by Jay Rose, C.A.S, is a Clio- and Emmy-winning sound designer who uses music from a lot of sources-legally--in his productions.

Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use Web Site

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Here is a sample of the topics and links they provide:

Copyright & Fair Use Guide
Copyright Web Sites
Fair Use & Multimedia Web Sites
US Agencies
Associations & Organizations
Journals & Collections
Copyright & Fair Use Articles
Mailing Lists and Communities

Key Copyright Sites
Copyright Crash Course (U Texas)
Copyright Management Center (Indiana University/Purdue)
Creative Commons
LibraryLaw.com
US Copyright Office

Copyright & Fair Use Overview
Copyright Fair Use
The Public Domain
Permissions
Website Permissions
Academic and Educational Permissions
Releases Copyright Research

 
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