13 January, 2008
WSC Show #64 - Interview with Matt Harawitz
In today’s episode we talk to Mathew Harawitz at the picket line in front of NBC studios. Recorded Friday, 11 January 2008.
In the next few episodes Bill Funt will be the guest interviewer for the podcast. But it's up to you whether Bill gets to stay or if Bill's gotta go. Cast your vote on the poll below. Voting ends Thursday, 17 January 2008 @ 10:00 a.m.
UFVA Fair Use & Free Speech Contest - $500 for best fair use!
University Film and Video Association is hosting a contest for the best short documentaries employing fair use, made by higher education students and faculty. Entrants must employ fair use in quoting material in their documentaries, using the Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use as a guide to their decision-making. Deadline: 8 May 2008.
Details here.
Recut, Reframe, Recycle
The Center for Social Media recently conducted a study entitled "Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video" by Center director Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, co-director of the law school’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. The study asks the question (so reminiscent of what the music industry is enduring with the "mash-up" or "bastard pop" phenomenon): When college kids make mashups of Hollywood movies, are they violating the law?
Read the entire article and download the study here.
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