Tag: fairuse
YouTube Copyright Complaint, Again!
YouTube Copyright Complaint, Again! I’m getting really tired of this. I spent basically two-days...
Read MoreRe: Film Copyright Laws
We get some wonderful questions from our amazingly talented students: I need some help. My CBR Project, Phase I, will be underway quickly; it involves my students composing music and putting it to a silent film. However, I know...
Read MoreObama Hope Poster For Sale or “Shephard Fairey: Oops”
Another day, another Fair Use issue in the headlines. Imagine my surprise as I began to do research to update my previous article on the Fair-Use/Copyright kerfuffle between the Associated Press (AP) and...
Read MoreSave the Prize – Cha-Ching Version
Part of my class at Full Sail University involves issues of Copyright, Fair Use and Creative Commons. One of the videos I share is about the difficulty a particular video documentarian is having securing the rights so that he...
Read MoreConvergence Culture: The Power of Media in the Hands of Users
Jenkin’s “Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide” is part of my...
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The Creative Commons Solution
Part three of my three part media merry-go-round: Creative Commons (Part 1: Copyright; Part 2:...
Read MoreSo What the Heck is Fair Use & How’s It Suppose to Protect My Butt
So now I’m working on step two of my three part media merry-go-round: Fair-Use (Part 1: Copyright; Part 2: Fair-Use; Part 3: Creative Commons). It’s hard to talk about one without talking about the others. We talked...
Read MoreObama “Hope” Image vs. One Lost Shephard
Another day, another Fair Use issue in the headlines. After working with my graduate students over the past six months I’m left with the feeling that most of them approach the subject of copyright as something that the big...
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