The fair use doctrine: History, application, and implications for (new media) writing teachers |
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Authors: | Martine Courant Rife [Author Vitae] |
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Affiliation: | Writing Program, Department of Communication, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, USA |
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Abstract: | Writing teachers have always had to contend with plagiarism. However, the technology of the Internet and the thorny issues of copyright law complicate how we teach legal and ethical use of others’ materials in the networked classroom. Our pedagogy and curriculum choices and our students’ writing practices are shaped by a legal infrastructure that includes the fair use doctrine. Our understanding and knowledge of the fair use doctrine should become second nature to us. Critical awareness of fair use, the four-factor test, and how to conduct appropriate analyses when using others’ materials must become part of the everyday digital writing/new media classroom curriculum. To this end, the author summarizes the salient points of law and practice of fair use and demonstrates, in small ways, how the fair use doctrine can inform the teaching of writing in digital contexts. As teachers, researchers, and experts of writing, the discourse of fair use must be considered in addition to the discourse of plagiarism. |
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Keywords: | Fair use The four-factor test Plagiarism Copyright Moral rights Public domain Pedagogy Infrastructure Napster Grokster Sony Technology Intellectual property History Digital writing New media Alphabetic text |
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