Copyright can be used for many good things: paying artists, incentivizing people to collaborate and create awesome content. Or not. It's really up to you. And by "you," I mean lawyers. Let's take a stand, shall we?
Ars Technica – Law and Disorder
- Prenda lawyer Paul Hansmeier asks appeals court to delay sanctions
- Aussie government tries to block two sites, takes down 1,200
- MP to Google: “You do do evil” when it comes to tax
- Congress sends Google a list of questions about privacy and Glass
- Nintendo kicks “Let’s Play” videos off YouTube then slaps ads on them
The Art Law Blog
- Six of one
- "Since the full price of artworks donated to charity are not tax deductible for the artist, new records are a major incentive for their participation."
- Much Better Than The Impractical Advice Panel
- "Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums?" (UPDATED)
- "So although many in the art world and the art law world are championing the latest Second Circuit flop, what they should be asking is how the hell are we supposed to analyze fair use post-Cariou."
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Word of the Week: Praxis
Praxis of the Arts had its first meeting this past Wednesday, with the dual aims of putting together a multidisciplinary conference exploring creativity, social justice, and the law, as well as forming a community of thinkers, artists, and scholars interested in the same.
Word of the Week: Remix
Maybe we should re-examine what kind of awesome creativity we're really encouraging, and act accordingly.
COPYRIGHT: The Legal Matrix
Copyright: The Visual Matrix. This is the updated version recently seen at metaLAB @ Harvard's openLAB!
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Word of the Week: Fair Use
Fair use is an affirmative defense to allegations of copyright infringement, yet it remains a fuzzy or “elusive legal doctrine.”
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