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Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

Posted on January 9, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

The sixth lecture in Evan Korth’s NYU Computers and Society course featured Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford University. His topic, the subject of his recent book, was “Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.”
The content industry has convinced industry in general that extremism in copyright regulation is good for business and economic [...]

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YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A ‘Good’ Video

Posted on December 5, 2008 in Outtakes | No Comments

YouTube is offering a cash prize to the first user to upload a video with a shred of originality or artistic merit.

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Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

Posted on August 24, 2008 in Contracts and Law | 1 Comment

From: Center for Social Media
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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 or payment under [...]

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The Future of Hollywood… User Generated Films?

Posted on July 8, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

This is a guest post written by Darius Monsef for Cineleet.com. Darius is the Creator & Executive Editor of COLOURlovers.com.
…When a new viral video pops up on the internet it can reach upwards of 20,000,000 views… that’s more than can be said about any of Eddie Murphy’s latest films. Advertising agencies and major brands [...]

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