From: Center for Social Media Download full report (PDF) INTRODUCTION WHAT THIS IS This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission Read MoreRead More
The New York Times magazine explores the history and status quo of Internet trolling. They look at the early days of Usenet trolling, current anonymous forums, and social networking pages as the latest venues for trolls. …One afternoon in the spring of 2006, for reasons unknown to those who knew him, Mitchell Henderson, a seventh Read MoreRead More
Workbookproject.com has posted a clip from a DIY Days LA event. The panelists discuss what’s really involved in a successful DIY film. Discussion Leader: Mark Stolaroff – panelists Arin Crumley, Ondi Timoner, Hunter Weeks and M dot Strange.Read More
Lance Weiler breaks down the new models independent filmmakers are using to create a fan base for Filmmaker Magazine. …It starts early in the filmmaking process as filmmakers are instructed to write what they know, consider what they have access to and keep their limitations in mind. Those three points are essential when making a Read MoreRead More
Here is more evidence that Internet is becoming a viable distribution method for smaller films. Geoffrey Macnab from the Belfast Telegraph looks at how the web is shaking up Hollywood. Suggested by IQ Member Dark Water. …Is the Hollywood blockbuster finally eating itself? As cult movies attract a new audience who download more obscure films Read MoreRead More
You know something is up when an audience member is taking cell phone photos of the presenter’s slides for instant transmittal to a business partner. Chris Anderson does have killer slides, full of exuberant detail, defining the exact shape of the still emerging opportunity space for finding and selling formerly infindable and unsellable items of Read MoreRead More
Click’s editor Richard Taylor investigates how Hollywood is beginning to change the way it distributes and allows people to watch its films. Suggested by Member : Dark Water …Hollywood’s still churning out mega-budget movies, and the fight between what they see as the forces of good and evil continues unabated. Entertainment industry lobbyists are still Read MoreRead More
SAT in Montreal hosted a debate about the future of cinema and it got kind of heated at a few points.Read More
Panel discussion from the Big Apple Film Festival featuring: – Aaron Levine (moderator), Film Division Manager at Gen Art – Peter Goldwyn, Vice President Acquisitions Samuel Goldwyn Films – Clémence Taillandier, Head of Theatrical Sales, Zeitgeist Films – Erik Davis Managing Editor, Cinematical.com – Brian Chirls (Distribution and Marketing Manager, Four Eyed Monsters)Read More
The Commonwealth Club of California San Francisco, CA Sep 17th, 2007 The Future of Music Part II: Copy Rights and Wrongs with discussants Chris Castle, Tim Westergren and Eion Harrington. Richard French moderates. What do artist rights and creative license mean in the rapidly evolving world of entertainment? What’s really wrong with the music industry, Read MoreRead More
About a year old, this guide by Scott Kirsner of CinemaTech is still is a useful starting point guide for filmmakers wanting to distribute their film online. …New revenue opportunities are emerging with the recent boom in video viewing on the Web. On this chart, I’ve tried to list the Web sites that are most Read MoreRead More
