[videoblogging] National Lawyers Guild Condemns Attack on Free Press
For Immediate Release July 13, 2006 National Lawyers Guild Condemns Attack on Free Press San Francisco video journalist Josh Wolf is being charged with civil contempt for exercising his first amendment right and refusing to provide a federal grand jury with video footage he shot at a protest last summer. The Guild believes that the grand jury is being improperly used to obtain materials which would normally be protected under California’s Reporter Shield Law. *The civil contempt hearing is scheduled for July 20th at 1 p.m. before Judge William Alsup and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) will host a press conference at noon in front of the Federal Building—450 Golden Gate in San Francisco on that day. * The US Attorney’s Office, led by Assistant US Attorney Jeffrey Finigan, are attempting to force Wolf to testify before the grand jury and hand over a video tape of a protest that occurred in San Francisco’s Mission District last July. “My client’s political activity and free speech activity in the Bay Area as a journalist and this subpoena, with its associated threat of jail time for noncompliance, has an incredible chilling effect on his and other journalist’s freedom to gather and disseminate information of groups who espouse dissident beliefs,” said Attorney Jose Luis Fuentes, of the Oakland based Siegel Yee firm, who is representing Wolf on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild. The use of federal grand juries to target journalists and political activists who are critical of the repressive domestic and international policies of the United States government is an attack on democratic free speech activity. The implications of Josh Wolf’s case go well beyond a single journalist or protest. “Like the Judith Miller case or the BALCO case this is about the government’s ability to take an independent and free press and treat it as an investigatory arm of the government,” said Carlos Villarreal, Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area. “The people of California have made it clear through our shield law that we prefer a free press that doesn’t have the government constantly looking over its shoulder.” California’s shield law, according to a recent court decision on the matter, “is intended to protect the gathering and dissemination of news.” In that decision, the California Court of Appeals in San Jose confirmed that the law protected internet bloggers just as it protected corporate news reporters. Federal protections are not as strong. “People protesting or on strike for better wages or marching for amnesty should feel free to do so in front of journalist’s cameras, just as they should feel free to talk to journalists,” said Wolf. “A free press benefits all of us,” he said. Court documents and past news articles can be found at http://joshwolf.net/grandjury/ -- The Revolution Will Be Televised - http://www.joshwolf.net Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: Videobloggers United! (Re: [videoblogging] Re: An unconventional path to convent
I'm not saying we need to unionize. I'm saying that if you get close enough to the MSM the issue will come up and it would be good for us to talk it through in advance of the event. Jan -- http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound http://the-hold.blogspot.com - poetry http://dagnyhemingway.blogspot.com - machinima http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media . On Jul 14, 2006, at 8:10 AM, Heath wrote: x-tad-smallerI'm all for working together as a team, I'm all for collabration, I'm /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller all for pooling resouces to futher reach an audience.what I am /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller not sure about is wheather we need to unionize...not because I /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller am for or against unions, it's just that...I think we are talking /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller he cart before the horse here..because let's really look at the /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller issue from a feasiblility standpoint..if vloggers /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller unionizeand when you become a part of a union there are rules and /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller regulations.what is the critiera? Do I need to have a 3 person /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller crew to belong? 5, what about the mom in Idaho that just likes to /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller film her kids and put it on the internet? Where does she fit /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller in?/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller This kind of conversation is almost impossible to have on a message /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller board because instead of talking issues what ends up happening is /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller that you divide into camps either for or against unions in /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller general.then the conversation turns into politics where in /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller general no one can completly agree on anything.generaly /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller speaking./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Personaly I would much rather work together to build vlogging into /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller something the world has never seen than just to focus on one /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller aspect.not that I don't have hopes and dreams..but I hope I /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller can be creative, successful and still have fun and maybe get paid to /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller do something I have always wanted to do..It's the American /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller dreamright?/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Heath - The Batman Geek/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smallerhttp://batmangeek7./x-tad-smallerx-tad-smallerblogspot.com/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller --- In /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smallervideoblogging@/x-tad-smallerx-tad-smalleryahoogroups.com, Jan [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller >/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > Odd, you say? A lot of the most successful among us - the /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller most seen and publicized are those who work as teams. Most teams /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller small, other teams larger. Those who work in teams, please raise /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller your hands. /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > Some folks here want to grow. It's part of human nature to want to /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller grow (tho for the life of me I can't figure out why that has to /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller translate into business as well, but that's another thread in another /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller list)./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > If we keep growing, we're gonna bump bellies with the MSM and MSM /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller means unions. Or not. Perhaps we have a chance to decide how it goes./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > We're actors, technicians, directors, editors, and production /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller companies. There's no established place in the union world for what /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller we do. When the intersection comes, we should aim for the Writers' /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Guild, DGA and SAG, three of the best. If not there, then the /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller cinematographers' union. Or stay out of it altogether by focusing on /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller the production company angle./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > Now born, I predict this thread will raise its head every six /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller months just like the naming debate./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > I'm not sure I'd be happy farming out sound, camera and editing to /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller others. There's really no need to farm it out just because it's now /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller a show. Well, I would certainly like to share editing and technical /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller stuff :)/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > Jan/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > -- /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller > It isn't done alone. Pay more. /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller >
Re: [videoblogging] Re: National Lawyers Guild Condemns Attack on Free Press
Think back 6-7 years ago, did this shit happen as often back then? Maybe they were just better at keeping it quiet. I can't believe the direction the American government is headed. I am Canadian and therefore I feel I can do very little, but why, why does the American population put up with this crap. I don't get it. It's getting worse every day, more bizarre things that this dictator (yeah, I said it) is getting away with. I am not a political person, but it scares the hell out of me to see they way this is headed. On 7/14/06, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Related story on CNN, Police seize newspaper's photos Pictures, along with TV station's video, are later returned: http://tinyurl.com/f6knp --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Josh Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Immediate Release July 13, 2006 National Lawyers Guild Condemns Attack on Free Press San Francisco video journalist Josh Wolf is being charged with civil contempt for exercising his first amendment right and refusing to provide a federal grand jury with video footage he shot at a protest last summer. The Guild believes that the grand jury is being improperly used to obtain materials which would normally be protected under California's Reporter Shield Law. *The civil contempt hearing is scheduled for July 20th at 1 p.m. before Judge William Alsup and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) will host a press conference at noon in front of the Federal Building—450 Golden Gate in San Francisco on that day. * The US Attorney's Office, led by Assistant US Attorney Jeffrey Finigan, are attempting to force Wolf to testify before the grand jury and hand over a video tape of a protest that occurred in San Francisco's Mission District last July. My client's political activity and free speech activity in the Bay Area as a journalist and this subpoena, with its associated threat of jail time for noncompliance, has an incredible chilling effect on his and other journalist's freedom to gather and disseminate information of groups who espouse dissident beliefs, said Attorney Jose Luis Fuentes, of the Oakland based Siegel Yee firm, who is representing Wolf on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild. The use of federal grand juries to target journalists and political activists who are critical of the repressive domestic and international policies of the United States government is an attack on democratic free speech activity. The implications of Josh Wolf's case go well beyond a single journalist or protest. Like the Judith Miller case or the BALCO case this is about the government's ability to take an independent and free press and treat it as an investigatory arm of the government, said Carlos Villarreal, Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area. The people of California have made it clear through our shield law that we prefer a free press that doesn't have the government constantly looking over its shoulder. California's shield law, according to a recent court decision on the matter, is intended to protect the gathering and dissemination of news. In that decision, the California Court of Appeals in San Jose confirmed that the law protected internet bloggers just as it protected corporate news reporters. Federal protections are not as strong. People protesting or on strike for better wages or marching for amnesty should feel free to do so in front of journalist's cameras, just as they should feel free to talk to journalists, said Wolf. A free press benefits all of us, he said. Court documents and past news articles can be found at http://joshwolf.net/grandjury/ -- The Revolution Will Be Televised - http://www.joshwolf.net Yahoo! Groups Links -- ~Devlon http://devlonduthie.com | http://mefeedia.com http://loadedpun.com | http://8bitme.blogspot.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Some questions for members
Hey, Michael, Welcome! See your first question was answered at length and well. This took one minute thirty seconds via cell phone -> Blip -> you. http://blip.tv/file/50680 Best, Jan -- http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound http://the-hold.blogspot.com - poetry http://dagnyhemingway.blogspot.com - machinima http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media . On Jul 14, 2006, at 4:31 PM, trat444 wrote: x-tad-smallerHey everyone,/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller My name is Michael and I'm new to this forum and video blogging. I am/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller researching for a web site I'm currently working on and was hoping to/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller get a few answers to some questions I have about the current progress/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller of online video production and uploading./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Since I know very little about the process (I don't even have a video/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller camera), my questions will be extremely basic :/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller 1.) What is the current general upload speed for video? (Is it fast/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller enough so it's not much of a chore or big production anymore to produce/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller and upload?) Obviously, the longer the video the more time it will take/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller but I am looking for the general bps speed of fair to good quality/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller video./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller 2.) What is the current video production and upload process like for/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller the members of this group? Suppose you wanted to make a post in this/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller news group commenting briefly on something. Would it still take you/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller longer to produce a video version of your comments than to type them/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller out? How much longer?/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Okay, I think that's about it and thanks in advance for any answers./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Best,/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Michael /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller__._,_.___/x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller /x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Messages in this topic /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller(/x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller2/x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller) /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smallerReply /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller(via web post) /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller| /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smallerStart a new topic/x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller /x-tad-smaller Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar ma_grp_160.gif> You are receiving Individual Emails Change Delivery Settings Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe x-tad-smallerNew Message Search/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smallerFind the message you want faster. Visit your group to try out the improved message search./x-tad-smaller x-tad-smallerShare feedback on the new changes to Groups/x-tad-smaller Recent Activity x-tad-smaller /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller21/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smallerNew Members/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller1/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smallerNew Photos/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller /x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller2/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smallerNew Links/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller Visit Your Group/x-tad-smallerx-tad-smaller /x-tad-smaller SPONSORED LINKS ▪ x-tad-smallerFireant/x-tad-smaller ▪ x-tad-smallerTypepad/x-tad-smaller ▪ x-tad-smallerUse/x-tad-smaller ▪ x-tad-smallerExplains/x-tad-smaller x-tad-smaller./x-tad-smallerserv.gif> __,_._,___
