From the Association of Research Libraries (CC BY), check out this infographic: How Fair Use Helps in Saving Software

PSU Libraries’ Software Curation Librarian, Seth Erickson, is working to identify software of cultural and scientific value in order to support both historical work on software and reproducibility in science. As a member of the Software Preservation Network, Penn State Libraries is at the forefront of efforts to develop standards and library services that facilitate long-term preservation and access to software.

 

See the full Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Software Preservation, which guides practitioners on how and when to employ fair use in software preservation practices.

A great look at how fair use promotes the creation of new knowledge. From the Association of Research Libraries (CC BY), check out this infographic.

Fair Use leads to innovation and new knowledge creation

This infographic illustrates how fair use advances innovation, creativity, and scholarship, ultimately allowing new knowledge to be created and shared.

 

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A great look at how fair use enables your every day college lifestyle! From the Association of Research Libraries (CC BY), check out this infographic.

What Fair Use Myths will you find out aren’t true?

Many myths persist about fair use, an essential right that allows the use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder under certain circumstances. We debunk some of the most common fair use myths here.

Read more about Fair Use Week 2017 at PSU here.

• Fact: Fair use is a right that accommodates the First Amendment.
• Fact: The US Constitution clearly states that the purpose of the intellectual property system is to “promote the progress of science and the useful arts.”
• Fact: Fair use is a right that exists in addition to specific exceptions.
• Fact: The statute, numerous court decisions, and best practices provide ample guidance.
• Fact: Courts have upheld fair use for commercial entities and commercial uses in a wide range of cases.
• Fact: Numerous circuits have upheld mirror-image copies as transforma- tive and applied fair use.
• Fact: Fair use or fair dealing is a doctrine widely incorporated around the world.
• Fact: Fair use is a exible standard and all four statutory factors are considered together.
• Fact: Fair use has a long history and the 1976 Copyright Act simply codi ed a common law practice.
• Fact: Fair use is a fairly predictable doctrine.

A great look at how fair use enables your every day college lifestyle! From the Association of Research Libraries (CC BY), check out this infographic. How have you used copyrighted works fairly?

Read more about Fair Use Week 2016 at PSU here.