Here’s another example of how people need to be educated when they choose a license for their photo or video — and the answer is not to sue those who (properly) exploit your work. Just choose a Creative Commons noncommercial license, like I do for all my Flickr photos. Register (UK): Creative Commons sued for […]
Digital rights & copyright
Web 2.0 Expo: Copyright risks
(Photo of Fred von Lohmann at ETech last month by Scott Beale — I was exhausted today so didn’t bring my camera!) The most interesting session of Day Four of the Web 2.0 Expo today, for me, was the presentation by Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Fred von Lohmann about copyright risks. Fred (whom I devoted […]
Viacom: One beeeeelion dollars
(copyright photo by New Line Cinema) From Jeremiah Owyang: Viacom: “One Beeeeelion Dollars.” This is one of those news stories we’ve all been expecting for some time (and which will be old news by the time tomorrow’s newspapers hit the doorstep). I’m a bit conflicted about this. I like YouTube a lot (except for its […]
How to attribute your work with Creative Commons
Cheryl Colan, a videoblogger and adjunct faculty member at Phoenix College and Scottsdale Community College in Arizona who teaches digital storytelling, multimedia and podcasting, raised an interesting question on the Spinflow list a couple of days ago. This is the thing that bothers me about the Creative Commons Attribution license. Using it does not specifically […]
IP in a divided digital world
When I was in New York earlier this month I stopped by the nonprofit Acord insurance association’s offices and sat down for an interview with CEO Gregory Maciag and fielded a phone call from London from British author Paul May. Here’s the video of our conversation. Cross-posted to Darknet.