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n weighing the balance at the heart of fair use analysis, judges refer to four types of considerations mentioned in the law: the nature of the use, the nature of the work used, the extent of the use and its economic effect. This still leaves much room for interpretation, especially since the law is clear that these are not the only necessary considerations. In reviewing the history of fair use litigation, we find that judges return again and again to two key questions: Did the unlicensed use "transform" the material taken from the copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat the work for the same intent and value as the original? Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the nature of the copyrighted work and of the use? Both questions touch on, among other things, the question of whether the use will cause excessive economic harm to the copyright owner. If the answers to these two questions are "yes," a court is likely to find a use fair. Because that is true, such a use is unlikely to be challenged in the first place.

"Such misconceptions about fair use are all too common - and many journalists fear delving into fair use's complexities, just wanting to know enough to keep from getting sued. Today, American University Center of Social Media is releasing a new set of tools that seek to help demystify fair use for journalists - and to help publishers see how this doctrine actually can help online reporting instead of hampering it."

"I often use commercials as ways to teach journalists how to write compelling stories. Budweiser's "Puppy Love" Super Bowl commercial gives me one of the best examples of video storytelling that I have seen in years. So let me walk you frame-by-frame through the ad. The story teaches us how to build tension, how to use the "rule of threes," how to find narrow focus and how to build to the big explosion at the end of the piece - the payoff."

"One possible answer may be found at The Washington Post, which has deputized some of its reporters to create videos using an iOS app called Videolicious. Post deputy editor of video Jonathan Forsythe stresses that while the paper does "not have any plans for Videolicious to ever replace our high-quality video stories shot and reported by our video department," some of its journalists have made popular Web-ready videos since it began training staff to use the tool late last year. Videolicious lets reporters quickly put together videos incorporating interview footage, B-roll, audio and stills they've taken with their phones. Then they can file the video quickly. The app's enterprise platform "literally breaks videos into as many as 100 pieces" as they're transmitted, Videolicious CEO Matt Singer told Poynter in a phone interview."

"I teach university courses about online journalism and the changing ways we use technologies for communication. I love seeing multimedia used well to tell journalism stories."

Free use vs. Fair Use

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"Earlier this month, a colleague sent me this piece about LeBron James from Grantland. The Grantland piece is a great example of: using data to tell a story converting complex numbers into digestible infographics drawing visuals from an interview, via animated GIFs the expanding array of people engaged in producing journalism (the author is a cartographer and geography professor) The piece clearly demonstrates the vast array of storytelling opportunities digital media present to us. But it illustrates something else to me: the tremendous expectations we have of journalism students and educators to keep up with these skills and tools."

"WASHINGTON - Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed their attacks  using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American officials."

crazy story. very chilling. Its very current and has been in the media for years and something that hits home for us young folks because it happened to the girls when they were our age basically

This story is newsworthy because it marks an important step in the process of building One World Trade center. This would be relevant to teens because we have grown up in the aftermath of 9/11 and many people see the trade center being rebuilt when they go to new york or areas where you can see new york. Images that could be used for this would be student photos that they have taken (i have seen some) or government images of the building. Another photo that could be shown would be an image of the twin towers before 9/11 or ground zero.

Using copyrighted material in your video

"(CNN) -- We are using the Internet wrong. Smartphones turn people into horrible listeners. And cat videos aren't as riveting as we think they are. These are just some of the revelations writer Paul Miller had during a year of self-imposed exile from the Internet."

"NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said. The FBI said the shooting appeared to be "street violence" and wasn't linked to terrorism."

"A pioneering programme to test cancer patients for nearly 100 risk genes is to start in London and could represent the future of treatment in the NHS. It will look for genes such as those which led Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to have a double mastectomy. The results will be used to pick targeted drugs or decide how much of the tissue around a tumour to remove. It will also highlight patients at high risk of additional cancers, who need to be monitored closely."

Students will care about this article because they might want to use the techniques to improve their skills.

This would be interesting for teens to know about because a lot of them use Tumblr and if Yahoo buys the program there could be big changes that they'd want to know.