How can New Media Rights help you?

New Media Rights answers questions from the public and takes media inquiries regarding the law and technology.  Please contact us if you have a question and we'll be glad to assist you. Our free legal and how-to resources, as well as our free public media studio and equipment, are supported by donations by individuals like you, so please consider donating today! Contact us for legal assistance at (619) 591-8870.

Social Video

Guide to online publishing liability immunity under the Communications Decency Act Section 230

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 09:57
»

YouTube's victory over Viacom reinforces DMCA safe harbor protections for websites

Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 12:34

On June 23, Viacom's claim for $1 billion in damages was shot down when the District Court for the Southern District of New York found YouTube and its owner Googlei not liable for copyright infringement in a much-anticipated decision. The two corporate giants have been at it since 2007, when Viacom joined with other plaintiffs including Paramount Pictures and sued YouTube, claiming that the online video service was legally responsible for copyright infringement when users posted clips of copyrighted material, including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, owned by plaintiffs.

»
geoffrey's picture

What's a cheap way to edit .mov video files?

Submitted by geoffrey on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 10:44

I am a video-challenged techno geek.  A contractor created for us a 13-minute 760MB .mov (Quicktime) video, which we wish to publish on our web site.  Youtube is limited to 10 minutes.  Vimeo is limited to 500MB per week.   www.TeacherTube.com is limited to 100MB per file.  Therefore, I need a way to compress or reduce the size of this movie file so I can upload it. 

Can you recommend free-ware software that I can obtain, or can I come into your studio and get this thing down to size?

Thanks.

Geoffrey Smith,
Communications Director
San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy
geoffrey@sanelijo.org

»
Mera Szendro Bok's picture

Art and the Significance of Remix Culture video

Submitted by Mera Szendro Bok on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 10:12

Watch DJs, artists, writers, musicians and lawyers talk about the significance of remix in their work and the long-time tradition of re-use in creative culture.

»

New Media Rights files comments in FCC Future of Media proceeding

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 12:13

San Diego, California - On Friday May 7th, 2010 New Media Rights submitted comments in the FCCi's Future of Media proceeding. 

New Media Rights' comments to the Commission draw directly on our experience providing one-to-one pro bono legal assistance as well as a free public media studio to creators of all types.  Our work has given us the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of media makers, advocates and citizens.  These comments are also intended to supplement a conversation held between New Media Rights, Free Press, Main Street Project, People's Production House, The Transmission Project and Mountain Area Information Network with the FCC's Steve Waldman on Thursday May 6th, 2010.

»
art neill's picture

Respecting the linking economy and information aggregators - part 1 of 3 online rights battles that need fighting this decade

Submitted by art neill on Sat, 04/17/2010 - 09:52

"Rainbow" shared by Jakrome under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0Intuitively, if you use the Internet even sparingly as a means of connecting you to the broader world, you'll recognize that much of the activity that takes place on the internet involves humans (and automated search engines and other services) filtering and aggregating basic facts and information.  This is so fundamental to our daily Internet use it largely goes unnoticed.  A link from search engine, a tweet, or a status update from a social media service are just a few examples.  There is huge value in helping citizens sift through the wonderful oversaturation of information the Internet offers.

There are, however, real threats to our ability to find content and navigate in our vast information ocean.  This very cornerstone of the Internet is threatened by fear, misunderstanding, and overreaching from some traditional content owners.

»

March Newsletter 2010: Paid filmmaking opportunity and new resources guides

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 11:10

Read our March newsletter which has our latest filmmaking guide, Secret video and Audio recordings guide. Read about Art and Mera's speaking engagements at the LA Media Reform Summit.

»

John Mattes investigates Michael Chavez's day in court

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 16:30
»

New Media Rights offering paid filmmaking opportunity for San Diego filmmakers

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 11:25
»

Lenz court interprets and limits damages available under DMCA 512(f) for wrongfully issued takedown notices

Submitted by Meghan Bohn on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 10:07

The newest Lenz decision interprets damages available for bogus takedown notices under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), but its practical effect will be to limit the amount plaintiffs can recover.

»
Syndicate content