Public Knowledge is hosting World’s Fair Use Day at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on January 12th.

World’s Fair Use Day (WFUD) is a free, all-day celebration of the doctrine of fair use: the legal right that allows innovators and creators to make particular uses of copyrighted materials.

The event has a great line-up of artists, policymakers, and pundits including:

• Representative Mike Doyle (PA 14th)
• Dan Walsh of ‘Garfield minus Garfield’
• Marc Hosler of Negativland
• DJ Earworm
• Mike Masnick of Techdirt
• Brett Gaylor of ‘RIP: A Remix Manifesto’
• Nina Paley of ‘Sita Sings the Blues’
• Chris Burke, a machinima artist
• Eliza Kreisinger, a mash-up artist
• Jonathan McIntosh, a mash-up artist

If you can’t make it to the free event, it will be webcast; it looks great, so we encourage you to check it out!

Tags: fair use

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