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Is your seat belt on? Prepare to ruminate...it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
"In February, last year Comedy Central's parent company Viacom served YouTube and Google with a lawsuit seeking more than a billion dollars in damages. The crime? Copyright infringement. The company says that YouTube contained over 160,000 unathorized clips from programmes Viacom owns, including "South Park" and "The Colbert Report." In cases like this, the copyright issue seems clear, but there are other circumstances where the dividing lines are blurry. Video mashups that use multiple sources, lipsynching videos, and even clips where amateurs re-stage famous sketches, could all be on shaky legal ground.
"If you're using someone else's video, music or images, or even someone else's script without permission, then you could be infringing copyright," says Gavin McGinty.
"It doesn't particularly matter if the clip is short: "Copyright infringement is copying a substantial part of a work, either in a qualitative or quantitative sense," he says. "For example, you could put a five-second clip from "The Daily Show" in a video mashup. If that five seconds was the funniest part, that could be seen as substantial."
"The rule of thumb is, if you're likely to be able to spot the origin of the source material, then it's likely to be a substantial part. A valid defense may be 'fair dealing', which is similar but by no means identical tothe American concept of 'fair use'.
"Fair dealing enables you to use small parts of works for personal, noncommercial purposes. The classic examples are research and private study. That wouldn't normally cover posting video online, though. The American version, 'fair use', is so much wider than the UK version."
"In this case, it may depend on where a lawsuit is raised. "You have the issue that the content is accessible in any country in the world. Big media companies have clearance departments to make sure that everything shown in a work is cleared everywhere it's shown."
as gleaned from a recent "Future, Media with Passion" Future Publishing Ltd article
by Gavin McGinty
Technology and Commercial Lawyer at Pinsent Masons
www.pinsentmasons.com
imho this is currently a bigger issue than "climate change" with as many or more future ramifications for culture, creativity and the free expression of ideas.
other valuable resources:
http://freeculture.org/
http://www.lessig.org/
among others I'm sure =D Is your seat belt on? Prepare to ruminate...it's gonna be a bumpy ride.... more
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With Earth Day coming up next week, it is time for us to bring a new optimism into what we do, how we think, and how we inspire others regarding our planet and in solving the climate crisis. Al Gore brings a refreshing new look to this crisis and the opportunity we have as the generation with the challenge of solving it with his TED talk. I want my child to ask the question in years to come: how did you find the moral fortitude to solve this crisis and leave future generations with a sustainable planet. The other question is simply not an option.
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California based Freetricity’s E2D Windmaster is a roof-mounted small residential wind turbine that comes with an affordable price tag.
From their press release (via: newswire)
“Freetricity introduces the all-new WindMaster, a roof mounted micro wind turbine that can generate enough energy to turn your electric meter backwards. Reasonably priced the WindMaster is small enough to be used in urban areas yet powerful enough to lower electric bills 25%-50%, or more.
California based Freetricity’s E2D Windmaster is a roof-mounted small... more
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Want a sure fire way to get YOUR comment included in the Current:News? Simple. Say it on your web cam. We're looking to put web cam comments on Current:News so fire yours up and sound off about your favorite news stories. It's the fastest, most reliable way to get on TV ever.Want a sure fire way to get YOUR comment included in the Current:News? Simple. Say... more
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She's definitely going to spark some conversation with this one:
Art major Aliza Shvarts '08 wants to make a statement.
Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself "as often as possible" while periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages. Her exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the process.
The goal in creating the art exhibition, Shvarts said, was to spark conversation and debate on the relationship between art and the human body. But her project has already provoked more than just debate, inciting, for instance, outcry at a forum for fellow senior art majors held last week. And when told about Shvarts' project, students on both ends of the abortion debate have expressed shock . saying the project does everything from violate moral code to trivialize abortion.
But Shvarts insists her concept was not designed for "shock value."
"I hope it inspires some sort of discourse," Shvarts said. "Sure, some people will be upset with the message and will not agree with it, but it's not the intention of the piece to scandalize anyone."
The "fabricators," or donors, of the sperm were not paid for their services, but Shvarts required them to periodically take tests for sexually transmitted diseases. She said she was not concerned about any medical effects the forced miscarriages may have had on her body. The abortifacient drugs she took were legal and herbal, she said, and she did not feel the need to consult a doctor about her repeated miscarriages.
The display of Schvarts' project will feature a large cube suspended from the ceiling of a room in the gallery of Green Hall. Schvarts will wrap hundreds of feet of plastic sheeting around this cube; lined between layers of the sheeting will be the blood from Schvarts' self-induced miscarriages mixed with Vaseline in order to prevent the blood from drying and to extend the blood throughout the plastic sheeting.
Schvarts will then project recorded videos onto the four sides of the cube. These videos, captured on a VHS camcorder, will show her experiencing miscarriages in her bathrooom tub, she said. Similar videos will be projected onto the walls of the room.
She's definitely going to spark some conversation with this one:
Art major... more
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We must have a Carbon Free/Nuclear Free world. Free download of plan at this site.
http://www.ieer.org/
We must have a Carbon Free/Nuclear Free world. Free download of plan at this site.... more
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On Earth Day!
Let us do something for us (humans) and the environment where we live in to stop pollution and turn ourselves to use better technology on energy conservation.
http://current.com/topics/88799997_2008_earth_dayOn Earth Day!
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Earth Day is traditionally a time when we focus on the environment...
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On April 9, 2008 thousands of pro-Tibet protesters and supporters of the Beijing Games gathering at Justin Herman Plaza to celebrate and protest. All expecting the torch relay only to finally realize it was never coming...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puoHWuqmBho
On April 9, 2008 thousands of pro-Tibet protesters and supporters of the Beijing Games... more
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Years 2001-2008
Dear Mister HERRERA,
- What about if we show San Francisco Transportation and the World about Acoustic Property Lines Trespassing and Human Rights Violation to SFMTA-Muni and its Commissions?
Sir, We need to be the teachers of Ethics and the Law, observing Human Rights principals, and not this actual denial and submissive entity of this actual Environmental and Human Health abuse and corruption living inside of San Francisco Government Body.
I appreciate your help with this matter so we can continue to other City Crime Cases also happening right now.
Sincerely yours,
Stopnoise
Years 2001-2008
Dear Mister HERRERA,
- What about if we show San Francisco... more
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Acoustic Trespassing it is a Legal term to identify Acoustic Pollution and Its Human Rights Violation and Torture.
If you are going to enter with a Legal Litigation Process against Public Transportation Acoustic Violations, or any other ones that fall into the same category, the Legal Term to use is:
"Acoustic Trespassing."
No one is trying to re-invent the wheel on this one and the legal principals and response for this human rights violation and urban menace falls into the same Laws of Physical Trespassing. No one have the right to trespass anyone's habitats property lines, being that physically or with any type of unwanted energy.
These unwanted energy can be:
1. Sound Waves - Acoustic Pollution
2. Radio Active Particles
3. Electric Magnetic Energy AKA (EMF)
4. Or any other form of harmful human created energy.
AKA= "Also Known As"
Be prepared to explain yourself in Court.Acoustic Trespassing it is a Legal term to identify Acoustic Pollution and Its Human... more
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In this installment of the "Joe Gets" series, the intrepid Joe Hanson finds out what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes...or in this case, heels! Come along as Joe visits a crossdressing service in San Francisco for a total transformation.In this installment of the "Joe Gets" series, the intrepid Joe Hanson finds... more
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Is there anything to comment on that?
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That is indeed a sad reality of American's mediocracy that started with the film "Easy Rider" back in the 60's. The Film was produced in 1969 but this mediocre culture started in the 60's by Harley Davidson and its followers that today terrorizes inhabitants all over United States. Here is a clear example of when Fantasy when imitated into reality end up to destroy our culture and society on many false pretext of rights that does not exist. The reality is that these individuals and Industry that support to fuel this kind of behavior burned our Constitution and Flag right under everyone's nose and you are not doing anything about it.
Should we blame the Producers of the Movie, "Easy Rider"?
Not in my opinion! They had all the rights to do the movie. People in society are the ones that suppose to separate their fantasies from reality and recognize that they do not have the right to imitate that.
"When Some Fantasy Blows Into Reality, the resulted is always Chaos."
- What are your thoughts in regards to that?***Warning! Low your keyboard volume!
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Popular Mechanics - No one can predict what bridge, levee or water main will fail next. But some problems are widely known, and work is long overdue. As PM's new special report makes blatantly clear, we need to begin rebuilding the nation's infrastructure somewhere. Here are 10 great places to start.
Have a local infrastructure crisis that needs fixing? Discuss how to rebuild your town in the comments section below ...Popular Mechanics - No one can predict what bridge, levee or water main will fail... more
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A couple arguing about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest.
Joseph Manzanares' girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to.
On Saturday, Manzanares stormed into the video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer.
The police Seargant said, "They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised. Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would 'claim.'"A couple arguing about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public... more
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