Copyright and Fair Use Committee
Tim Brooks, chair
Barry Ashpole
Bruce Epperson
John F. Geis
Michael Gray
Richard Green
Jennifer Matthews
Jerry McBride
Alex McGehee
David Patmore
Steve Smolian
Dick Spottswood
This committee monitors information and developments related to sound recording copyright and fair use issues. Its findings are shared with the ARSC membership through the ARSC Journal, the ARSC Web site, and annual conference programs. In addition members may receive periodic e-mail updates by contacting the chair.
Brooks, Tim. The Association for Recorded Sound Collections and the Movement to Reform Copyright in the United States." Popular Music and Society 35, no. 5 (2012): 683-689. Accessed April 1, 2013. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03007766.2012.709661 (Available at your local library via subscription database.)
Historical Recording Coalition for Access and Preservation/Copyright Office Study [pdf]
Internet
Sites on Copyright and Fair Use
Board
Resolution on Copyright and Fair Use
ARSC
Journal Copyright Column
(links to articles)
Recommendations
for
Changes in Copyright Law
Statement by the Chairman
During the past few years ARSC has begun actively promoting changes in copyright law to allow best practices in preservation and greater public access to historical recordings. To further this effort it has joined with other organizations in the Historical Recording Coalition for Access and Preservation (HRCAP). For more information on its advocacy activities visit the coalition website, www.recordingcopyright.org. We encourage you to sign the petition found there.
The committee welcomes new members who are willing to become actively involved in its efforts. Attorneys and others with experience in copyright law or legislative change are particularly sought.
Elsewhere on this site you will find links to documents and sites that contain information and guidance on copyright as it affects recordings. We welcome your feedback, including specific examples of how copyright law has impacted your own activities in the field of sound recording preservation, access and reissue activity.
Tim Brooks, Chair
tim@timbrooks.net
