Participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week!

Last Updated on February 11, 2025, 9:59 am ET

Let us know what your library is planning for Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2025, February 24–28. This is the 12th annual celebration of the “balance in copyright law, promoting further progress, and accommodating freedom of speech and expression” that fair use and fair dealing represent. Submit your library’s events, blog posts, and other resources using this form or by emailing angela@arl.org, and we will include your info on FairUseWeek.org!

Stay engaged!

• As always, check out the official FairUseWeek.org for all things Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week.
• Explore fair use comics and fair use art on Bluesky.
• Learn more about fair dealing in Canada at Fair Dealing Works.
• Visit Harvard Library’s Fair Use Week page for blogs on hot topics in fair use (including one by yours truly).

Highlighted events (check back for updates!):

• Tuesday, February 25, Noon EST: Congressional Briefing on Fair Use & Research Innovation, hosted by ARL (open to congressional staffers only)
• Tuesday, February 25, 1:00 p.m. EST: Fair Use Week Gameshow, a staple of Fair Use Week hosted by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Wednesday, February 26, 2:00 p.m. EST: Beyond Marrakesh: Fair Dealing and Creating Accessible Copies of Works for Disabled Persons, hosted by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)

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