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Best Practices for Creative Commons attributions - how to attribute works you reuse under a Creative Commons license

Find out how to site or source creative commons work. Creative commons work allows you to share, remix and reuse legally, just make sure to check out what license it is under.

“creative commons” by Flikr user libraryman used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

Field Guide to Secret Audio and Video Recordings

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California AB 632 - misguided legislation would overburden social media and undermine user privacy

The California Legislature is considering a bill from Assemblymember Davis regarding "Internet-based social networking: privacy" that is wrong for social media websites large and small, and does little to protect their users. The Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media passed a slightly improved version of the bill on March 31, 2009 (5 to 3), which means it is on to the Judiciary Committee, where it hopefully will be stopped.

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New Media Rights defends consumer website UCAN.org from overreaching trademark enforcement by AskHal.com

New Media Rights defended UCAN.org when it was recently asked to cease and desist from using the term "Ask Hal" for its free Q&A dear abby style auto fraud service.

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New Media Rights files comments supporting EFF's proposed exceptions to DMCA Anti-Circumvention 1201(a)(1) provisions

New Media Rights has filed comments with the Copyright Office supporting EFF's proposal for two exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions. 

New Media Rights' Open Source Licensing Guide

Legal Guide to GPL Compliance - Software Freedom Law Center

The Software Freedom Law Center has released a Legal Guide to GPL Compliance. This guide is largely targeted at those who seek to commercialize free and open source software. It is reproduced in its entirety below. 

New Media Rights files comments in Copyright Office music licensing rulemaking regarding Section 115 Compulsory Licenses

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Wikileaks.org shutdown by California court; how a webhost can hijack your url


Wikileaks.org
, a site dedicated to providing an open forum for whistleblowers to expose corporate and government misdeeds, has been shut down in its entirety by a U.S. federal district court in San Francisco. This is really a "New Media Wrong."