Have you ever wondered how Weird Al Yankovic can parody so many songs in music videos without the copyright owner's permission? Or have you ever wanted to adapt a book in the public domain into a movie, but someone else has already done one? Do you have to get permission from the first adaptor to make a second adaptation? Can you include a film clip in your documentary without permission if it is for educational purposes?
Attorney Jack Lerner, a clinical professor of law and the director of the Intellectual Property, Arts, & Tech Clinic at the UC Irvine School of Law, will discuss the doctrine of fair use in copyright, which allows filmmakers to include copyrighted material in their films without permission or payment for purposes such as criticism or commentary and in other situations.
In 2016, Professor Lerner received the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award for his work helping filmmakers and authors. The CLAY award recognized his and his team's work achieving exemptions to the copyright laws for filmmakers and authors that preserve their right to fair use and freedom of expression in the digital age.
Get your questions answered during the Q & A time following the presentation.
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