Winter 2020

January 29, 2020 in the Hatcher Library Gallery Lab

FAIR USE AND FREE SPEECH with Jessica Litman — Exploring the relationship between fair use, free speech, and censorship

February 24, 2020 in the Hatcher Library Gallery Lab

FAIR USE: LET"S BOLDLY GO! with Dan Booth — Discussing the currently ongoing case ComicMix v. Dr. Seuss, which is about whether a book that mashes up Star Trek and Dr. Seuss is a fair use

March 12, 2020 in Hatcher Library Room 806

FAIR USE: NEXT STEPS with Patricia Aufderheide (author of Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put the Balance Back in Copyright) — Discussing how we can take what we've learned over the year and use it to better advocate for our work

Fall 2019

September 23, 2019 in the Hatcher Library Gallery Lab

FAIR USE, VISUAL ARTS, AND SPEECH — How fair use relates to visual art and expression as speech with:

• Joan Kee, attorney and Professor, Art History. Author of Models of Integrity: Art and Law in Post-Sixties America
• Cristina del Valle, Senior Associate General Counsel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Rebekah Modrak, Professor, Stamps School of Art & Design

October 23, 2019 in the Hatcher Library Gallery Lab

FAIR USE FOUNDATIONS: Framing the Conversation — Why it Matters in Universities and Libraries with:

• Jack Bernard, Associate General Counsel, Office of the Vice President & General Counsel
• Susan Kornfield, Esq., Bodman, PLC and Adjunct Professor for UM Law School

October 28, 2019 in the Hatcher Library Gallery Lab

FAIR USE, ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AND THE PERMISSIONS CULTURE — How fear of fair use (and absence in most countries) curtails research, scholarship, and learning with:

• Charles Watkinson, Associate University Librarian for Publishing / Director, University of Michigan Press
• John Godfrey, Assistant Dean for International Education, Rackham Graduate School (invited)