The Changing Landscape of Fair Use: Survey Responses
Abstract
In September 2025, the Guest Editors (Cynthia Mackey and Lael J. Ensor-Bennett) sent out a survey asking GLAM/R and visual resource professionals to submit a few words on their current application of fair use to visual resources and media management. For example, has the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith (2023) U.S. Supreme Court case decision affected the application of fair use in their professional work? Or have their institutions issued new fair use guidelines? Are practices continuing largely unchanged? The answers received were wide ranging though there were a few themes running throughout the responses.
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