Pat Aufederheide nominated for a 2010 WeMedia "Game Changer" Award

Kartemquin Board Member Patricia Aufderheide has been chosen as a 'Community Choice' finalist for the 2010 WeMedia "Game Changer" Awards. The awards recognize "projects, ideas and organizations leading change and inspiring a better world through media." Pat has been nominated for her groundbreaking work at the American University Center for Social Media in producing Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use for Documentary Filmmakers, Media Literacy Educators, and Online Video creators. As she states,

"I've been arguing that fair use, which creates a "floating" public domain composed of copyrighted work, is a critical tool for a vibrant participatory culture.
 
The Center's codes of best practices in fair use, created with the Washington College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and (for the media literacy code) with Temple University's Media Education Lab, have been real gamechangers for the communities of practice that created them with our help."

As part of Kartemquin's commitment to advocating for a strong public media and fair use in filmmaking, we offer our congratulations and support to Pat. To vote for her, please go here and select her name before February 3rd.