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If you make and share things online, professionally or for fun, you've been affected by copyright law. Whether you're a YouTube creator, a fanfiction writer, or just interested in watching or sharing "transformative" works (or pretty much any online content), you won't want to miss this town hall on how content creation is affected by copyright—and what to do about it.
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https://www.eff.org/event/copyright-internet-creators

Join EFF's Katharine Trendacosta and Cara Gagliano, as well as Professor Casey Fiesler, a member of the Legal Committee for Archive of Our Own, to discuss the recent flurry of changes to copyright law, how copyright filters work (or don't), and any questions you might have about copyright!
We'll also include important information from our recent whitepaper on how Content ID works and how to deal with it, as well as steps you can take to protect yourself from being singled out unfairly by it.
Half of the 90-minute town hall will be devoted to answering your questions and hearing your concerns. Please join us for a conversation about the state of copyright law in 2021 and what you need to know about it. Most importantly, we will give you a way to stay informed and fight back.
This event will be live-streamed via Twitch and is free to attend. It will also be streaming on Facebook Live and YouTube Live. (For Twitch's Privacy Policy, see here.) https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/privacy-notice/

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https://supporters.eff.org/civicrm/event/register?id=288&reset=1
to RSVP

Schedule:
February 26, 2021 - 10:00am to 11:30pm PST
10:00-10:45: How Copyright Affects Internet Creators
11:00-11:30: Question and Answer Session with Panelists

EFF is dedicated to a harassment-free experience for everyone, and all participants are encouraged to view our full Event Expectations. https://www.eff.org/pages/event-expectations

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Open Spaces Magazine has an essay titled
"The Purpose of Copyright" by Lydia Pallas Loren
http://www.open-spaces.com/article-v2n1-loren.php
which offers an explanation of copyright law as it is written in the Constitution. The text is clear and specific, and well worth reading, especially for blind and visually impaired readers like myself who are daily affected by resultant laws and trends, such as Fair Use and the
recent announcement by the Librarian of Congress
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
that readers with disabilities are allowed to "jailbreak" digital materials with DRM
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/apple-loses-big-in-drm-ruling-jailbreaks-are-fair-use.ars
which prevents access.

Actually, this is just a fascinating essay all around, as the law professor who wrote it contextualizes it within the founding fathers's original intention of preventing copyright law from being used as a tool for censorship.