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Brave New Films v. Viacom
Renowned filmmaker Robert Greenwald created an excellent parody of the Colbert Report and posted it on YouTube. Viacom (the parent company of Comedy Central) de…
Copyright and Fair Use
Brave New Films v. Viacom - Complaint
Complaint filed on behalf of Brave New Films seeking a declaration that Greenwald's parody is protected by fair use, and compensation for wrongful takedown…
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Copyright's Loophole
Copyright assignment law seems to contain a massive loophole that has not been addressed by either Congress or the Courts. As a result, it is possible that an…
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CC Announces CCLearn; ED Position Open
Creative Commons is launching a new initiative CCLearn "to break down the barriers - whether legal, technical or cultural - between different collections o…
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The Future Of Political Media: An Example And A Metaphor
This video may be our first glimpse of just how different, if not revolutionary, the 2008 presidential election may be. The ability of ordinary people to creat…
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Viacom v. YouTube: Uncertainty, Investment And Innovation
A lot has been said about Viacom's billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube and Google. In his editorial in last Sunday's New York Times, Larry Lessig po…
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AssignmentZero
Jay Rosen's NewAssignment.net and Wired News just launched AssignmentZero, "an attempt to bring journalists together with people in the public who can…
Shloss v. Estate of Joyce - Settlement Agreement
Joyce and the Estate entered into a settlement agreement enforceable by the Court that prohibits them from enforcing any of their copyrights against Shloss in c…
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TracFone Gets Personal
News: In a great article (which I'm asking for permission to post in full) by Louis Trager for Communications Daily, Tracfone is claiming that I received pe…
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The revolution will be televised...on YouTube
I am working in Europe this week with a large technology company, and of course everyone is talking about the filing of a $1 billion copyright infringement case…
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Action against the Internet Archive for breach of contract will proceed
The Internet Archive is doing a great service to humanity. It maintains a comprehensive record of all websites and employs a technology called the Wayback machi…
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U.S. Copyright Royalty Board Rejects Webcasters Call to Maintain of Royalty Rates
On Friday March 2nd The United States Copyright Royalty Board announced new royalty rates for webcasts, effective from 2006 to 2010. In doing so, Listening Pos…