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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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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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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

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_Harold and the Purple Crayon_ by Crocket Johnson (1955, 1983) [Bookshare.org]

I've been trying to create a list of books about art, or books which inspire creativity,* and I realized recently that, for me, this book was one of my early inspirations.

Although there are now many books which attempt to inspire creativity or explain in great detail why someone wishes to create art none, in my mind, convey these ideas more succinctly or more cleverly than _Harold and the Purple Crayon_. _Harold and the Purple Crayon_ gets to the heart of what is so appealing about creating art by showing the reader how Harold uses drawing to literally give his ideas form.

While in the book Harold's drawings actually become real--his drawing of a moon becomes *the* moon, which then follows him around wherever he goes--and we understand, even as children, that this won't really happen, there is still a core of truth to this kind of magic, because when we create a piece of art we are indeed taking an idea and making it real. Additionally, the fact that Harold uses his drawings to alleviate his anxieties also underscores how art can be used to explore and express real fears and anxieties, and how that kind of catharsis can allow us to feel better.

Purple has always been one of my favorite colors (as a child, I wanted everything I wore or used to be purple), and LJ user Issendai has pointed out how, unlike in the mundane world, purple is overwhelmingly popular, because it seems to imply magic. I can't help but wonder if this is in part true because of how many children have read and loved this book.
* Feel free to leave recommendations for favorite art or creativity books.