KNOWLEDGE CULTURE BULLETIN
Washington College of Law and Center for Social Media Present
“Untold Stories: Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture
for Documentary Filmmakers.”
Workshop & Film
Monday November 18, 4-6pm
Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org.
> From Peter Jaszi:
>
> My AU colleague Prof. Pat Aufderheide and I soon will be releasing a
> project report entitled “Untold Stories: Creative Consequences of the
> Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary Filmmakers.” A collaboration
> between the Center for Social Media (which Pat directs) in American
> University School of Communication and the Washington College of Law’s
> Program on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, the project
> was supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The report is based on
> conversations with some 40 individuals who talked at length about how
> intellectual property concerns affect their own practice. From their
> stories we concluded that the field of documentary filmmaking is
> gripped by a “clearance culture” that unnecessarily discourages
> filmmakers from making legitimate and significant uses of preexisting
> image, text and sound materials in their own work.. In the report we
> document the consequences in terms of significant film projects that
> were not fully realized – or even attempted. We also attempt to locate
> the sources of the “clearance culture,” and we make recommendations
> about how its hold on contemporary documentary production might be
> loosened. Chief among these is the suggestion that filmmakers’ and
> their professional organizations should develop a statement of “best
> practices” to spell out the application of the copyright “fair use”
> doctrine.
>
> On Monday, November 8, we will be holding an afternoon workshop to
> introduce the report and open a discussion of its findings. A new
> short film based on the report ( “Stories Untold” by Brigid Maher)
> will be shown, and a panel of filmmakers and scholars will respond
> from a variety of perspectives. The panelists are Jim Gilliam (Robert
> Greenwald Productions), Grace Guggenheim (Guggenheim Productions),
> Michael Madison (University of Pittsburgh Law School), Jeffrey Tuchman
> (Documania Films), and Joseph Turow (Annenberg School). The panel will
> be followed by general discussion. We anticipate a lively event that
> will be more than a mere recitation of the report’s findings. We will
> be looking to those who attend to help explore ways of facing up to
> the “clearance culture.”
>
> We hope that you can join us on the afternoon of the 8th from 4:00 -
> 6:00 PM, at the Washington College of Law (4801 Massachusetts Ave.,
> N.W., Washington, D.C.) Some details are provided in the attached
> flyer. We also would very much appreciate your forwarding this message
> to anyone you believe might be interested, and (as appropriate)
> posting a copy of the flyer. The event is open to the public, and will
> be followed by a reception with the panelists. More information can be
> found at www.centerforsocialmedia.org.
>
> If you cannot attend but would like to receive the report (and a
> downloadable version of the accompanying film), please contact Agnes
> Varnum, [log in to unmask], (202-885-3107 or Steve Roberts at
> [log in to unmask] (202-274-4148).
>
> -- Peter Jaszi
> (202)274-4216
>
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Knowledge Culture
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