[acc-cca-l] Call for participants: FMSAC's Media Access & Copyright Working Groups

[Taylor, Aaron]

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS:
MEDIA ACCESS & COPYRIGHT WORKING GROUPS 2022-2023

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

In 2021, the Film and Media Studies Association of Canada (FMSAC) established a Media Access and Copyright (MAC) Working Group with a mandate to continue, and possibly expand, FMSAC’s copyright advocacy work and develop guidelines on best practices related to access and use of media for scholarly purposes.

Over the 2021-22 academic year, the MAC group discussed a variety of opportunities and concerns that require targeted efforts (some of which fall outside the original MAC mandate). The group identified the following three areas of focus that encompass the opportunities and issues raised:

“1. Advocacy: Advocating for changes to the Canadian Copyright Act
2. Access and Exhibition: Exploring issues and best practices pertaining to accessing and exhibiting media in educational settings
3. Appropriation/Repurposing: Developing guidelines for videographic work that uses fair dealing and other user’s rights provided in copyright legislation.”
(2021-22 MAC Working Group Summary Report, https://bit.ly/macsum, pg. 1)

The MAC group made a motion to FSAC that a dedicated working group be created for each of the above areas of focus, to continue work on the recommendations outlined in their 2021-22 final report. This motion was supported at the 2022 FMSAC Annual General Meeting.

For each of these working groups, MAC seeks members who will include Black, Indigenous, racialized scholars and makers, as well as LGBTQ+, gender, and regionally diverse scholars and makers.

1) COPYRIGHT ADVOCACY (CA)

Mandate:  The CA Working Group will focus on collaborative advocacy efforts for changes to the Canadian Copyright Act. Key issues requiring advocacy are outlined in the “Advocacy” section of the 2021-22 MAC Working Group Summary Report (https://bit.ly/macsum).

Duties: Monthly one-hour meetings over the 2022-23 academic year to devise advocacy strategies and engage in advocacy work.

2) ACCESS & EXHIBITION (AE)

Mandate: The AE Working Group will focus on developing best practice guidelines related to the access and exhibition of media for scholarly purposes. Key recommendations for the activities of this group are outlined in the “Access and Exhibition” section of the 2021-22 MAC Working Group Summary Report (https://bit.ly/macsum).

Duties: Monthly one-hour meetings over the 2022-23 academic year to investigate current and potential practices that facilitate access to, and exhibition of, media for scholarly purposes. The group will also develop related guidelines for use in educational, research and library settings.

3) MEDIA APPROPRIATION & REPURPOSING (MAR)

Mandate: The MAR Working Group will develop a best practices guide on lawful appropriation and repurposing of media in educational and research settings. For details on the recommended activities and focus of this group, please see the “Appropriation/Repurposing” section of the 2021-22 MAC Working Group Summary Report (https://bit.ly/macsum).

Duties: Monthly one-hour meetings over the 2022-23 academic year to develop a guide for lawful appropriation and repurposing of media in educational and research contexts.

APPLICATION

The Working Groups have already held at least one meeting since being constituted in October. So, interested volunteers are encouraged to sign up for any of the above working groups as soon as they can, and (ideally) no later than November 22, 2022: https://bit.ly/3UHqTcj

For further information, or to send notification that you have signed up for one or more working groups, please email current MAC coordinators Rumi Graham (grahry at uleth.ca<mailto:grahry at uleth.ca>) and Aaron Taylor (aaron.taylor2 at uleth.ca<mailto:aaron.taylor2 at uleth.ca>).

Please note:

  *   The full MAC report, including the rationale for its recommendations, is available in the Resource section of the FMSAC website: https://www.filmstudies.ca/resources
  *   For more information about FMSAC’s copyright initiatives, visit https://www.filmstudies.ca/category/news/copyright


Dr. Aaron Taylor
(He/Him/His)
University of Lethbridge | Drama Department<https://www.uleth.ca/fine-arts/study/drama>
Centre for the Arts W544 | 4401 University Drive
Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4 |Phone: (001) 403 394-3922

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