Shira, Pat Aufderheide from the Center for Media & Social Impact at American University (where I just finished my PhD) has done lots of work on fair use codes and best practices for academics, librarians, artists, journalists, and other comms professionals. They have a "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication” you can check out here: http://www.cmsimpact.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practice... ~Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres, Ph.D. More about me at luishestres.com  On August 13, 2014 at 11:17:08 AM, shira chess (shira.chess@gmail.com) wrote: Hi everyone, Quick question regarding fair use of images in publications: If a YouTube video does not have any copyright on them, would a screen shot of that video fall under fair use for scholarly publications? Thanks in advance for any advice! Best, Shira Shira Chess Assistant Professor of Mass Media Arts Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication The University of Georgia _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

Pardon, but when you say "does not have any copyright on them" do you mean that there is no copyright notice on them, or that you know that they are in the public domain (i.e., something published before 1929, a publication of the U.S. federal government, etc.)? If the latter, you needn't worry about fair use. Unfortunately the former (lack of notice) is irrelevant to the presence or absence of current copyright. DLB

Hi everyone,

Quick question regarding fair use of images in publications: If a YouTube video does not have any copyright on them, would a screen shot of that video fall under fair use for scholarly publications?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Best, Shira

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