Tim Amidon, assistant professor of English, is presenting a free workshop open to the CSU campus community on “Demystifying Fair Use: Classrooms and the Affordance of Copyright,” Feb. 24, 9:30 a.m.-noon, in the Morgan Library Event Hall.

The workshop is part of Fair Use Week, a celebration of the importance of the “safety valve” of U.S. copyright law: the Fair Use Doctrine, and how it relates to the academic setting. The flexible nature of the Fair Use Doctrine has permitted copyright to adapt to new technologies and changes, even while emerging digital communications complicate traditional notions of ownership and knowledge.

In this workshop, participants will work in small groups to explore fair-use issues, construct strategies and tactics for responding to copyright concerns, and construct responses to situations where copyright affects instructional design, pedagogical choices, and research. The workshop is particularly relevant for all who teach or have an interest in teaching, including students who teach, assist with teaching or expect to teach in the future.

Amidon is widely published in the fields of rhetoric and intellectual property. He teaches courses designed to explore the intersections of rhetoric, composing, and multimodal literacies, and his research interests surround digital rhetorics (including copyright), working-class literacies, and risk communication.

Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Merinda McLure at merinda.mclure@colostate.edu, (970) 491-7175.

Fair Use Week 2015 is celebrated by the CSU Libraries Committee on Open Access and Scholarly Communication. Follow Fair Use Week at www.fairuseweek.org and on Twitter via @fairuseweek and #fairuseweek2015.