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What do Google, Georgia State University, South Park, and Abbott & Costello have in common? They are all protagonists in a several significant cases that have largely expanded copyright law’s Fair Use Doctrine in recent years.

In his talk “Abbott & Costello On Fair Use,” George H. Pike, senior lecturer and Director of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Library, will discuss these cases and other recent developments to answer questions about what creators can and cannot do with fair use.

Pike’s talk is delivered in conjunction with Fair Use Week, at 3:30 p.m., February 23, in University Library’s New Book Alcove on the first floor (past the Circulation Desk). This event is free and open to the public.

Biography: George H. Pike is the Director of the Pritzker Legal Research Center and Senior Lecturer at the Northwestern University School of Law. He teaches legal research, privacy and copyright courses at the School of Law, and is a frequent lecturer on issues of First Amendment, copyright, and Internet law for library professionals. He is also a regular columnist for Information Today, publishing a monthly column on legal issues confronting information producers and consumers. Previously, Prof. Pike was Director of the Law Library at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Associate Law Librarian at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, OR, Reference Librarian at the University of Idaho School of Law, and was a practicing attorney in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Prof Pike received his B.A. degree from the College of Idaho, his law degree from the University of Idaho, and his Masters in Library Science from the University of Washington. He is a member of the American and Idaho State Bar Associations, the American Association of Law Libraries, and the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association.