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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019 to Be Celebrated February 25–March 1

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Fair Use Fundamentals infographic (PDF)

Mark your calendars! Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019—an annual international celebration of these important copyright doctrines—will take place Monday–Friday, February 25–March 1. You can participate on a single day during the week, multiple days, or the full week.

What are Fair Use and Fair Dealing?

Fair use (in the United States) and fair dealing (in Canada and other jurisdictions) are essential limitations and exceptions to copyright, allowing the use of copyrighted materials without permission from the rightsholder under certain circumstances. Fair use and fair dealing are flexible doctrines, allowing copyright to adapt to new technologies. These doctrines facilitate balance in copyright law, promoting further progress and accommodating freedom of speech and expression.

While fair use and fair dealing are employed on a daily basis by students, faculty, librarians, journalists, and all users of copyrighted material, Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is a time to promote and discuss the opportunities presented, celebrate successful stories, and explain the doctrines.

How to Participate

Your level of participation in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is entirely up to you. You could publish a blog post on fair use/dealing on one day during the week, or you might host events each day of the week. Below are some examples of ways to participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019:

  • Write a blog post.
  • Publish an op-ed.
  • Host a live panel at your campus, institution, or organization.
  • Host a webcast or webinar.
  • Create a video.
  • Publicize fair use/dealing on social media using the hashtag #fairuseweek. (On Twitter, you can also follow and tag @fairuseweek.)
  • Write to your member of Congress highlighting the importance of fair use and how you, your members, or institution/organization rely on fair use.
  • Create resources or share existing resources. (See http://fairuseweek.org/resources/ for a great collection of resources developed during past Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week celebrations.)

More Information

Visit http://www.fairuseweek.org/ or email Krista Cox, ARL director of public policy, for additional information.

To be included in the list of participating organizations or to have resources posted on the Fair Use Week website, please email krista@arl.org.

The Fair Use Week website will be continually updated with information, a calendar of events, and links to blog posts, webcasts, activities, and resources.

We look forward to celebrating fair use and fair dealing with you February 25–March 1!


About the Association of Research Libraries

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries in Canada and the US whose mission is to advance research, learning, and scholarly communication. The Association fosters the open exchange of ideas and expertise, promotes equity and diversity, and pursues advocacy and public policy efforts that reflect the values of the library, scholarly, and higher education communities. ARL forges partnerships and catalyzes the collective efforts of research libraries to enable knowledge creation and to achieve enduring and barrier-free access to information. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.

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