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VLAA TO OFFER FAIR USE SEMINAR FOR FILMMAKERS
Today, anyone with a video camera and movie-editing software can make a documentary. But can the aspiring filmmaker afford to make it legally? Just a few years ago the answer often was “no.” Now, thanks to a best practices fair use statement developed and disseminated by their peers, documentary filmmakers are dramatically lowering clearance costs -- the licensing fees paid to copyright holders for permission to use music, text, archival photos and film and news clips -- while also respecting copyright ownership.