Online videos that use clips from copyrighted music and movies may not violate the law and deserve protection from blanket prohibitions, two scholars at American University — Pat Aufderheide, a professor of communication, and Peter Jaszi, a professor of law — contend in a new report.
Update: The professors are taking their argument to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. Ms. Aufderheide is scheduled to speak on a panel there on Monday.
What will representatives of the entertainment industry think of their argument that fair use might cover more than many people think? In an e-mail interview on Wednesday, Patrick Ross, executive director of the Copyright Alliance, a nonprofit group whose members include associations for the motion-picture and recording industries, said that “copyright owners are not trying to suppress fair use, they practice fair use.” He said he had not yet read the professors’ report and declined to comment further. —Jeffrey R. Young
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