Center for Social Media
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Universal Studios 1, Creativity 0
I recently clashed with Giant Media Corporation Universal Studios over copyright, and lost. Â I probably could push it and win, but their lawyers can beat up my lawyers, and whether I’m right or wrong is probably irrelevant. The argument was brokered by YouTube, whose interest is in remaining neutral so that Giant Media Corporations don’t
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Fair Use in Online Video
I just received my periodic newsletter from American University’s Center for Social Media, and was reminded of an excellent talk I heard last year by its director, Pat Aufderheide. She started off by explaining that the purpose of copyright was to support creativity. She showed a brief video giving snapshots of YouTube favorites and asked