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Happy Birthday, Hoop Dreams, and the fight for fair use

September 22, 2015 10:26 pm

A federal judge's verdict today marked a great victory for filmmakers and fair use champions everywhere. The ruling that the lyrics to “Happy Birthday to You” are not protected by copyright has special resonance for Kartemquin, as the injustice of having to pay $5,000 to license the song in our 1994 film Hoop Dreams directly inspired our long and ongoing fight to secure the fair use rights of all filmmakers.

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Moving The Ball: Where We're At On Fair Use

July 16, 2014 2:10 pm

Censorship vs. free expression is an ages-old story, one that still plays on a daily basis the world over. We as Americans do not need to look as far as countries like Turkey (who recently banned Twitter and YouTube) to see that private interests consistently test the freedom and resolve of the people.

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Gordon Quinn speaking on Fair Use in Mexico

November 6, 2012 2:22 pm

Kartemquin's Co-founder and Artistic Director Gordon Quinn travels to the 2012 Festival Internacional del Cine en Morelia tomorrow, where he will give a presentation and workshop on Copyright and Fair Use in Documentary film at the prestigious Mexican film festival's "Morelia LAB (Doc)" program strand.

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DMCA exemptions granted for docmakers

October 25, 2012 5:10 pm

The U.S. Copyright Office today granted documentary makers a renewed exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), allowing them to rip content from DVDs and streaming video for the purpose of "fair use" incorporation in their work. This ruling extends the victory for filmmakers secured in 2010 by a coalition including Kartemquin, and protects the short-term future of documentary film. However, the decision not to allow an exemption for Blu-Ray means that the future is uncertain and in some ways worryingly limited.

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Internet Archive offers transformative tool for docmakers

September 18, 2012 2:21 pm

A resource has launched that could transform documentary filmmaking: an expansive collection of broadcast TV news, hosted by the Internet Archive.

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Kartemquin Panel at UFVA: Film Outreach and Advocacy in the Digital Age

July 26, 2012 10:54 am

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Happy 70th, Gordon Quinn

June 11, 2012 12:47 pm

Kartemquin's Artistic Director Gordon Quinn is 70 years old today. We celebrate Gordon and his amazing work since co-founding this organization in 1966 at the age of just 24, with his first film, the prophetically titled Home for Life.

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Monday, June 4, 2012 12:00 am

U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress

James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E.

Washington, DC

Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn & Jim Morrissette are offering testimony to the U.S. Copyright Office in favor of a renewed DMCA exemption for documentary filmmakers. The hearing is titled "Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies."

Comments submitted in DMCA exemption case

December 2, 2011 5:19 pm

Without a DMCA exemption for filmmakers, many important documentaries currently in production could not be made. This argument is at the core of official comments submitted to the US Copyright office yesterday, which you can now read in full online.

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We Need Your Help: A DMCA Exemption for Filmmakers

October 27, 2011 12:52 pm

The International Documentary Association and Kartemquin Films are working together to request a renewal of the DMCA exemption for filmmakers - and we need your help!

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