Documentary and independent filmmakers require further protections in their use of orphan works (pdf) than were recommended by the U.S. Copyright Office, according to a statement filed today with the House Judiciary Committee by eight groups representing documentary and other independent filmmakers, and the public-interest group Public Knowledge.

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New York, NY - National Video Resources (NVR) named Eileen Newman as deputy director, serving as the organization’s chief programmatic and operating manager, overseeing all NVR programs, including the Media Arts Fellowships, which award approximately $800,000 annually to media artists. Newman comes to NVR from the National Board of Review in New York, where she [...]

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The Free Expression Policy Project has just launched a new website with information and free resources to help artists, scholars, activists, and everyone else who contributes to culture and political debate defend their rights to fair use under copyright and trademark law. How much can you borrow, quote or copy from someone else’s work? What [...]

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Currently, Congress is attempting to address an important issue for artists today. Specifically, Congress is trying to find a solution to the problem of “orphan works:” how a copyrighted work may be used when its owner cannot be found. The U.S. Copyright Office and members of the House and Senate are trying to [...]

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New York, NY – National Video Resources (NVR) is proud to announce the recipients of its Media Arts Fellowships. Awarded annually for 19 years, the Fellowships recognize the artistic excellence of 20 film, video and new media artists in the United States with cash awards of $35,000 each. [...]

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Brian Newman, executive director of NVR, contributed an article to IndieWire
in which he talks about the problems confronting nonprofit media
organizations, which came to light as AIVF announced a fiscal crisis.
In the article, Newman examines the history of the crisis and why these
organizations are important to independent media artists. Says Newman,
�At the very least, those of [...]

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National Video Resources ( NVR ) today announced the recipients of the Technical Assistance Awards for Fall 2005. In this year’s second round of grants, 10 film, video and new media artists will be awarded grants of up to $3,000 each to aid with the completion and marketing of their projects. Additionally, 3 artists will [...]

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This new handbook makes clear what working documentary filmmakers regard as some fair uses of copyrighted material in filmmaking. Fair Use is the right, in some circumstances, to quote copyrighted material without asking permission or paying for it. It is a crucial feature of copyright law and it is what keeps copyright from being censorship. [...]

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Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control Are increasingly heavy assertions of control by copyright and trademark owners smothering fair use and free expression? The product of more than a year of research by the Brennan Center for Justice’s Free Expression Policy Project, Will Fair Use Survive? paints [...]

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by Neil Sieling
The independent media field has been following with interest
and perhaps some trepidation the rise of the DVD, and trying to image the
affect it will have on the production and distribution of independent films and
videos. Of course, each new technological innovation for the production and/or
distribution of media (videocassettes, interactive CD-ROMs, the Internet, DVDs)
carries the [...]

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