Reminder
If you have a copyright date on your blog, don’t forget to update it to 2012. Those dates are one of the first things to signal a blog is not being properly tended and regularly updated. Continue reading Reminder
Category: copyright
Creative America defends entertainment, drug industries
You may have seen their slick video (below) on TV recently, or their print ad in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. CreativeAmerica.org has come out swinging in support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (H.R. 3261) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) (S. 968). They come late to the party however, as opposition to … Continue reading Creative America defends entertainment, drug industries
‘Fair Use’ and the Flickr widget
I stumbled across an interesting topic in the WordPress forums last night — whether a blogger can use the Flickr widget to display thumbnails of photos other than his or her own. I’d previously looked at the widget and thought it was good only for displaying my own photos (I have none) or the default … Continue reading ‘Fair Use’ and the Flickr widget
Cooks Source controversy fires up bloggers
Anyone with a website knows their material can be easily copied by someone else. It happens all the time. And there is precious little the average website owner can do to stop it. The Internet, after all, is a huge place, and it’s unlikely the owner is going to stumble across his or her material … Continue reading Cooks Source controversy fires up bloggers
What constitutes originality?
Doh! I’m so last century. In February I wrote a little piece about the Associated Press suing artist Shepard Fairey for copyright infringement. They say he based his Obama “Hope” poster on an AP photograph. I came down strongly on Fairey’s side. Somehow, in my Twentieth Century brain, I had envisioned Fairey sticking the photo … Continue reading What constitutes originality?
AP cries copyright infringement over poster
AP is at it again, trying to make iffy cases about copyright infringement. This time they are claiming that the ubiquitous red-and-blue Obama poster we all know from the 2008 campaign was based on one of their photos and therefore they are entitled to a share of the profits. Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey … Continue reading AP cries copyright infringement over poster