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New Technology Committee launches - will address several key ACSIL Missions

ACSIL will hold its annual general Meeting in New York on March 28, 2012 at AP at 10:00am Read Details

Archival Filmmaking Panel School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Social Documentary Film Program

ACSIL Members and Researchers come together to create the best ever session. Full house for remarkable vision of the Archivists' greatest moments. See the Gallery

Third annual ACSIL "Hidden History" showcase. Friday January 27, 2012

ACSIL Partners with HistoryMakers International for 2012 - renews three year partnership for latest session in New York

In September of 2011 ACSIL formed its first FAIR USE Committee, chaired by Cathy Carapella, long time Rights & Clearances expert

Stock Footage an introduction

All new Global Survey published in conjunction with Thriving Archives

Discovery Communications Launches First-Ever External Footage Licensing Business- Discovery Access

The October 2011 Meeting of Members and Researchers a new Fall destination for all Members

White House wants new copyright law crackdown Declan McCullagh reports for CNET

Reports of the The Archivists' Cut

NBC News New Customer-Centric Website Is A One-Stop Shop For Footage and Content from the Vast NBCUniversal Collection

ACSIL and Fair Use - A Position Paper - January 2012
The Fair Use Committee, chaired by Cathy Carapella with input from many ACSIL Members published its first position paper in November 2011. What is Fair Use? In the United States, subject to some exceptions, unauthorized use of copyrighted works is a violation of law. Fair Use is one of those exceptions. If applicable, Fair Use is a defense to a claim of copyright infringement. US copyright law instructs the judge to consider four factors when determining if a Fair Use defense is applicable.

Understanding Copyright
A Guide to Copyright Law: Library of Congress Audio and moving image materials in the collections of the Library of Congress can be reproduced only when all rights restrictions have been cleared. These may include donors, copyright holders, record companies, artists, radio networks, licensing organizations, unions, etc. The Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (M/B/RS) requires anyone wishing to obtain copies to secure written authorization for the Library to make the reproductions from any and all rights holders. While M/B/RS Reference staff can usually be of some assistance in determining what permissions are required, the onus is on the researcher to obtain them.