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New Media Rights calls for community inclusion in California Broadband Buildout process

New Media Rights supported community groups and local voices at the first California Broadband Council meeting, which took place at the State Capital on February 28th, 2011. New Media Rights called for meaningful community stakeholder inclusion and transparency in allocating close to $500 million dollars in monies to various projects.
Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Tue, 03/08/2011 - 5:21pm

Video Games and the law: Copyright, Trademark and Intellectual Property

Planning on creating a video game, or created one already? Our latest guide helps you understand some the frequent questions about copyri"676 - Burning Pac-Man -- Seamless Texture" by Flickr user Patrick Hoesly used under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Creative Commons License ght, trademark and intellectual property when it comes to video games.

Learn how video games are protected under copyright and trademark law, how to respond when your game is removed from the web or an mobile app store by a DMCA takedown notice, and the many ways the law affects the creative process of making a video game.

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Tue, 10/27/2020 - 8:42pm

The FCC Chairman & the US Broadband Spectrum

By Thomas Yohannan


The theme of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was any content, anywhere, anytime, and on any device.  It is CES, so you could expect that every company was showing off their new models from tablets to 3D TVs. This year’s darling was the tablet, with the Motorola Mobility's Xoom and Research In Motion's Playbook garnering the most attention.  The best in show went to the Motorola Altrix.  

 

With the major national carriers racing to launch 4G devices, including HSPA+, LTE, and, in Sprint's case, WiMAX devices, there continues to be a growing importance of the wireless spectrum in the U.S. economy.  Innovation is not only needed for the devices, but for the network on which the devices rely.  

Submitted by Guest Blogger last modified Fri, 02/18/2011 - 7:32pm

Open Attribute, a simple way to attribute Creative Commons licensed works on the web

Open Attribute - Creative Commons

A big shoutout from New Media Rights to the entire team that has put together OpenAttribute. 

OpenAttribute simplifies the process of attributing an openly licensed piece of content, by providing a quick link where you can get an HTML or plain text attribution. Paste this code or plain text whereever you are reusing the Creative Commons licensed work, and you can have a properly formatted attribution.

I encourage you to go install this right away and start improving your attributions today!

Submitted by Art Neill last modified Tue, 02/08/2011 - 3:56pm

For Promotional Use Only: Promo CDs freed for resale

"For Promotional Use Only – Not for Resale."  If you’ve ever listened to a promotional CD or LP (yes, they still do exist), then you’ve probably seen that phrase stamped on the front label.  By stamping the phrase on promotional records, record companies believed that the copyright laws were being preserved.  Copyright holders have battled in court to try and limit  the scope of the ‘first sale doctrine,’ which gives us the right to resell the physical copies of albums we own(and books and other copyrighted works), so that it wouldn't apply to promotional records.

 

Submitted by Guest Blogger last modified Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:57am

Drumbeat San Diego organizing meeting tonight, January 12, 2011!

We're having an organizational meeting for Drumbeat San Diego tonight at the NMR offices.

Come and help us plan logistics and outreach for the next few weeks.  Also learn about, and shape the exciting sessions that will be at Drumbeat San Diego!

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Wed, 01/12/2011 - 4:05pm

MDY v Blizzard: Terms of Use and Copyright Infringement

A recent case was decided upon that is important to the understanding when software license breaches will be treated as copyright infringement or simply breaches of the contract. The case continues to show that a court’s decision one way or the other can have dramatically different results in terms of how much in damages a defendant must pay.
Submitted by Guest Blogger last modified Tue, 01/04/2011 - 6:04pm

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