Find Yourself in Copyright: A Fair Use Week Webinar with the US Copyright Office

"To kick off the 11th annual Fair Use Week, ARL was delighted to host a webinar featuring George Thuronyi, deputy director of the Office of Public Information and Education (PIE) at the United States Copyright Office. During his presentation Thuronyi described the four factors of a fair use analysis as required by Section 107 of the US Copyright Act, and explained how the factors are considered by courts in considering what uses are fair. Through a series of questions to the audience, Thuronyi reviewed the basics of copyright registration and protection, what it means for works to be in the public domain, and trivia (do you know the name and author of the first work registered under federal copyright law?)...."