Navigating the use of copyrighted material within new work

Duncan Campbell, Beatrice Gibson and Andrea Luka Zimmerman respond to five set questions on the subject of ​‘Navigating the use of copyrighted material within new work’.

Sharing knowledge is an important part of research and practice. Here I was asked to share some of my research around the navigation of copyrighted material. My response was prompted by the following questions:

Navigating copyrighted material can be confusing and expensive. What advice or creative solutions would you give to artists looking to use copyrighted materials within new, relatively low budget works?

How would you describe the relationship between (possibly inaccessible) copyrighted material and wider ideas of ​‘appropriation’ within an art practice?
Could you describe a situation where an artist has relied on ​‘fair use’* principles to access material for a new work that would otherwise be inaccessible? *as in, the US legal term ​‘fair use’ or the UK legal term ​‘fair dealing’

What advice would you give to artists trying to learn more about art-making and copyright law?

What might artists have to think carefully about when exhibiting work that appropriates copyrighted material in some way?

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