CONFU Guidelines
What
is CONFU?
During the Clinton
Presidency, the Working Group on
Intellectual Property Rights in the Electronic
Environment convened at the Conference on
Fair Use to work with any copyright owners
who wished to participate in the development of
fair use guidelines for electronic multimedia in
certain non-profit, educational settings.
The
Conference was unsuccessful in its failure to
gain a consensus or adopt official guidelines;
however, it did provide a model for many
institutions to develop their own
guidelines. While the CONFU
Guidelines do not carry the weight of the law,
many people support the guidelines as
"reasonable" measures to protect the rights of
copyright owners while also advancing non-profit
educational efforts through multimedia.
When
do CONFU guidelines apply?
Educators may follow
the CONFU guidelines for using copyrighted works to develop the following types of
multimedia projects (ex. PowerPoint
presentations):
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Projects
used in traditional, face-to-face
classes
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Projects
designed for student self-study
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Projects
for remote, real-time instruction over a
secure network (copy-proof technology must
be employed)
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Presentations
to be delivered at peer conferences or
workshops
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Elements
entered into an instructor's professional
portfolio
What
do the CONFU guidelines allow?
At the
1994 conference, participants were divided into
work groups to address:
For information
about the guidelines that each group was
developing, click on the various links above.
Sources
Some of the information
used on this page came from these sources:
Disclaimer
Please note that the information presented
in the Online Copyright Center is for
information purposes only. It should not
be used as a substitute for actual legal
advice.