Fair Skies, Fair Complexions, and the Kind You Show Your Prize Pig At: What "fair use" means for a content-sharing world.

"Wow. That girl's blog is so cool. How great that I can just copy and paste that quote into my post?" "Did you see that photo in the New York Times yesterday? That would look great on my website." Thoughts like these go through the heads of a lot of people who are sharing their own thoughts and content online. But what are the rules about sharing content that isn't yours? This will be an explanation of the "fair use" guidelines under the U.S. Copyright Law, and a talk about how current governmental policies and social ideals are affecting (or could affect) the way the fair use framework actually works. I am way more interested in hearing what content creators and users have to say than in hearing myself talk, so this will be an open discussion as much as a presentation.