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

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 12:49

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

How service providers deny users the right to counternotify for content removed by DMCA takedown notices

Submitted by art neill on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 17:44

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New Media Rights recently heard from a blogger who received notification that a takedown notice was sent to their service provider, a website that hosts individuals blogs, and that the user’s content was removed. However, the blogging service didn't

1) Identify the individual who requested the information be taken down OR

2) Specifically identify the infringing material

What's the problem? This essentially destroys a users right to counternotify, allowing overreaching large content companies to control and remove Internet speech at will.

Learn about the problem here, and learn how to fight back if you have content removed by a DMCA takedown notice.

Field Guide to Secret Audio and Video Recordings

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:49

Investigative reporting videos featuring consumer stories from UCAN

New Media Rights is offering a free opportunity for you to learn to be a better citizen journalist firsthand.

If you're interested in learning more, just submit your name and email and we'll let you know when you can go out in the field.

Mi Casa Es Su Casa — But I Set the Rules

Paul Klocko got a surprise in the mail in April: a letter on official stationary from Weston, Wisconsin administrator Dean Zuleger, demanding that Klocko stop posting comments on the web criticizing him. The letter also asked that Klocko "come out from behind the cloak" and meet Zuleger in person.

Veoh triumphs over Universal Music in lawsuit on social media liability, gives lesson in the DMCA safe harbor

Submitted by art neill on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 09:31

"Jump on the Social Media Bandwagon" by Matt Hamm, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 2.0. It is uncertain whether Veoh will be a major player in the future of online video. There is little doubt, however, that it has had a significant role in defining the boundaries of social media liability.

Veoh's victories against IoGroup and Universal Music have helped provide a model for social media and web 2.0 services in protecting themselves from liability.

Veoh's newest triumph is getting the district court to grant summary judgement that it is "entitled to the section 512(c) safe harbor."

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San Diego Media Arts Center Filmmaker meetup - legal issues with documentary and online video

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:57

Youtube puts ads on videos without permission

Submitted by art neill on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 15:57

Youtube's filtering technology may be causing advertisements to appear on content without permission. Besides the possible contract violations, the ads create catch 22's when uploading openly licensed (ie. Creative Commons) content to Youtube. Youtube could have a significant effect on the future openly licensed video content. This is appears to be a slap in the face to open content and step in the wrong direction.

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