Peter Jaszi

Faculty Director
American University
NW Washington, District of Columbia,
UNITED STATES

Biography

Peter Jaszi directs the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, teaches domestic and international copyright, and writes about copyright history and theory. Co-author of a standard textbook, Copyright Law (Lexis, 7th ed., 2006), he also helped edit The Construction of Authorship (Duke, 1994); the University of Chicago Press will publish a follow-up volume, (Con)texts of Invention, in 2008. In recognition of his advocacy for the public interest, Jaszi received the American Library AssociationÃ‚Â's 2007 L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award.

EDUCAUSE Publications

The Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation and Its Implications for the Cultural Record
- February 9, 2018
- Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
- Author
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) report finds that individuals and institutions need clear guidance on the legality of archiving legacy software to ensure continued access to digital files of all kinds and to illuminate the history of technology.
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
- June 30, 2008
- Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
- Author
This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.
Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video
- January 4, 2008
- Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
- Author
As online video burgeons, so do questions about what kinds of uses of copyrighted works are legal online.