Last month, I organized an event for Public Knowledge entitled World’s Fair Use Day. Over the course of two days, we attempted to highlight some of the creativity and innovation that the doctrine of fair use allows, by showcasing the work of technologists, musicians, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, educators, remixers and cartoonists. Among the speakers featured were Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Doyle, Negativland’s Mark Hosler, DJ Earworm, Copyright Criminals director Kembrew McLeod, RIP: A Remix Manifesto director Brett Gaylor, “Garfield Minus Garfield” creator Dan Walsh, Sita Sings the Blues director Nina Paley and cultural critic Mark Dery. TechDirt’s Mike Masnick—who also spoke at the event—did a great job of summarizing the conference here and here. The event also got written up by PC World and the San Francisco Chronicle and was mentioned in passing in a CNN story on DJ Earworm. An archived webcast and links to photos, tweets and liveblog coverage can be found at wfud.info (photo of me, Brett Gaylor, Kembrew McLeod and Mark Hosler by the one-and-only tvol, used under a CC-BY license).

Last month, I organized an event for Public Knowledge entitled World’s Fair Use Day. Over the course of two days, we attempted to highlight some of the creativity and innovation that the doctrine of fair use allows, by showcasing the work of technologists, musicians, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, educators, remixers and cartoonists. Among the speakers featured were Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Doyle, Negativland’s Mark Hosler, DJ Earworm, Copyright Criminals director Kembrew McLeod, RIP: A Remix Manifesto director Brett Gaylor, “Garfield Minus Garfield” creator Dan Walsh, Sita Sings the Blues director Nina Paley and cultural critic Mark Dery. TechDirt’s Mike Masnick—who also spoke at the event—did a great job of summarizing the conference here and here. The event also got written up by PC World and the San Francisco Chronicle and was mentioned in passing in a CNN story on DJ Earworm. An archived webcast and links to photos, tweets and liveblog coverage can be found at wfud.info (photo of me, Brett Gaylor, Kembrew McLeod and Mark Hosler by the one-and-only tvol, used under a CC-BY license).

Feb 2 2010

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