Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Timid About Fair Use?

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I wish people would be more assertive in the exercise of their rights to fair use. "Visual arts professionals, including art historians, let real and perceived fears about copyright law get in the way of their work, finds a new report from the College Art Association. 'Their work is constrained and censored, most powerfully by themselves, because of the confusion and the resulting fear and anxiety.'" In related news, my photograph of a castle a couple blocks from my home in Moncton (that you can own for a mere $700K) was used without permission in Huffington Post and with permission in the National Post.

Today: 0 Total: 26 [Direct link] [Share]

Image from the website
View full size


Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
stephen@downes.ca

Copyright 2024
Last Updated: Dec 25, 2024 08:06 a.m.

Canadian Flag Creative Commons License.

Force:yes