Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright Music?

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Verdi
Heath you're totally right. I made a short film a few years ago based on my brother and I playing Star Trek when we were kids. I actually wrote to Paramount to ask for permission to use a few sound clips (transporter, bridge beeps, etc). Not only did they say no, they reminded me that the words,

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright Music?

2009-11-24 Thread sull
I agree with both of you. The issue begins with us backed into a corner. That's why Creative Commons was born. As a sensible alternative. But their should not have been a need for Creative Commons to begin with. You can look at this issue from the perspective of reality or one of assumed

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright Music?

2009-11-24 Thread Joly MacFie
I have recently shot two copyright related talks: William Patry : Moral Panics and the Copyright wars http://punkcast.com/1666/index.html David Post : Jefferson's Moose in Cyberspace http://punkcast.com/1671/index.html While in some countries it is accepted that an author has a moral right to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright Music?

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Verdi
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Joly MacFie j...@punkcast.com wrote: I have recently shot two copyright related talks: William Patry : Moral Panics and the Copyright wars http://punkcast.com/1666/index.html David Post : Jefferson's Moose in Cyberspace http://punkcast.com/1671/index.html

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and Brightcove

2008-05-29 Thread Roxanne Darling
Awesome give-back Gena. Thank you! Rox On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just catching up on this thread. I have never heard of music cue sheets before. I generally use public domain or creative commons type music. I usually just print a copy of the place where

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and Brightcove

2008-05-28 Thread Adam Quirk
That's an insanely convoluted and backwards way to do business. Get out of there. Move to Blip, or rent server space from a hosting provider. With all the video hosting services out there, they should be competing for your content by making it as easy as possible for you, not making you jump

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... it ain't over yet.

2007-12-27 Thread Steve Rhodes
The high school student who is running the page clearly has more sense than they and the lawyers (and why don't they run their own YouTube page). No, fair use isn't limited to three second clips. And Jason surely knows more than whatever lawyers they have sending threatening letters. He

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... it ain't over yet.

2007-12-27 Thread Markus Sandy
fyi, this person has joined this group today more conversation here ... http://lanbui.com/2007/12/24/how-to-keep-a-high-star-rating-on-youtube/ On Dec 27, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Heath wrote: Um...I'm not sure why I got this email, but I did, so I thought I would pass it along but it was sent

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... it ain't over yet.

2007-12-26 Thread Irina
yay! thank you john for not sitting down on the job! i am really looking forward to see how this turns out really, i just think rhyming crustacean with vacation is all i care about and i am trying to protect the rhyme LOL jason, as always, u da bomb On Dec 25, 2007 11:43 PM, ractalfece [EMAIL

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... it ain't over yet.

2007-12-26 Thread Jay dedman
A lawyer who is an expert in copyright law and online free speech has offered to represent me pro bono! And it all happened because I started talking about on this list and Irina forwarded it to Jason Schultz at LawGeek who is now representing me. I can't thank everybody enough. File this

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... the situation is resolved.

2007-12-24 Thread Markus Sandy
so much for living in the now :) On Dec 24, 2007, at 12:20 AM, ractalfece wrote: Otherwise, she will hunt me down, her team is researching my website server right now to have it shut down. She will ask youtube to delete my entire account. She says she will begin a two year legal battle.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use... the situation is resolved.

2007-12-24 Thread Jay dedman
Well, the good news is I worked out a compromise. The bad news is the video I just spent 10+ hours working on will never be posted. She wants me to sever all connection to her from the video, remove her name, the metatags and the youtube response connection so that nobody watching her

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-23 Thread John Cardenas
John yep, definitely , your version is so damn hilarious-keep on...I am still laughing JohnDkar www.youtube.com/johndkar http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-22 Thread Steve Rhodes
A remix can be fair use (Dara Birnbaum's work starting in the late 70s is just one example. here is one of her pieces and more are under related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jwkf-sQTWAfeature=related ) the sites I included have good explanations of fair use. -- Steve Rhodes

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-22 Thread Brook Hinton
Unfortunately only a judge or jury ultimately gets to decide what's fair use, which means the person without the in house legal team is at the mercy of the person with legal resources regardless of who's right and who's wrong. Follow Steve's links above for the nitty gritty. This seems like an

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-22 Thread Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast?
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:11 am, Jay dedman wrote: All the stories I hear make it seem like the video hosts' have no choice but to take down any video that is someone asks. They don't have to, but they do most of the time in the name of rear-end coverage. You do have a recourse to fight a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-22 Thread Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast?
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:49 am, Brook Hinton wrote: Unfortunately only a judge or jury ultimately gets to decide what's fair use, which means the person without the in house legal team is at the mercy of the person with legal resources regardless of who's right and who's wrong. Brook is dead on

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-22 Thread Jay dedman
They don't have to, but they do most of the time in the name of rear-end coverage. You do have a recourse to fight a takedown in writing, and challenging in writing typically causes the host to review the material ... I used this once with YouTube to get the Stormtroopers Gone Wild video

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-22 Thread Jay dedman
Which brings up another point, my video was posted as a video response. I re-read their original message (from July 14th) after I posted my response. We aren't going to authorize it to be posted to our own video in connection, though, just to let you know, but we are happy to let you use

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright and fair use...

2007-12-22 Thread Jay dedman
Oh, man. You need to send Bonny out to interview Christine Breese on the subject of Monkey Mind. It would truly be the Greatest Thing Ever. ;) Lan, please do this. they can mind meld. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-05 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Yeah, Verdi, I often feel that way m'self, and on other days than Talk Like a Pirate Day, too. Sometimes I pirate the works of people I really like and link to 'em because I want 'em to know I've pirated their stuff. One thing I did was to subscribe to http://emusic.comf or a couple months (was

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-05 Thread Jan McLaughlin
The biggest problem with all this is if and when a vlogger who pirates decides to take the leap into more mainstream / oldstream distribution, rights (or lack thereof) to your materials come under intense scrutiny. Much of my best work is eliminated from the running because of copyright

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-03 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
This isn't true (as I understand it). You could do this for a radio station or streaming on the web, but you could not do this with ASCAP songs that are immediately down loadable ... my understanding anyway On 1/31/07, Peter Leppik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could, at least in theory, buy

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-03 Thread Michael Verdi
I wouldn't use copyrighted music without permission on a commercial work but I have and will continue to use it on my personal stuff because I think it should be allowed. I'm clear that it's not allowed but I kind of feel like it's such bullshit that people should make a stand. Copyright affords

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-03 Thread Rupert
Interesting - thanks. I have always tended to agree with this, but have started to feel lost in terms of what other people feel is right and wrong, and it's not something I live and breathe. Jan put what I thought was an amazing recording on fauxpress.blogspot.com yesterday

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-03 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
I totally agree with Michael on this and, in fact, though I have only read part of it, much of this philosophy is behind Lawrence Lessig's excellent book Free Culture. Incidentally, in more cases than you think, it is actually legal to integrate copyrighted material in your work, but independent

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright - attribution

2007-02-01 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 01.02.2007 kl. 06:30 skrev Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: here's the exact wording: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor. No, Jay. The human-readable version is watered down to the point

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright - attribution

2007-02-01 Thread Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen
Den 01.02.2007 kl. 09:54 skrev Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the clarification. I find the wording of that to be a bit odd though - I read it as saying that the stuff labelled (ii) is only applicable if you mention the 3rd parties to be attributed in your copyright notice? The

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-01 Thread Rupert
I found a guy at http://www.fingertipsmusic.com who picks three legal download songs (not just CC) that he likes every week. There's an email mailing list and an RSS feed, and a list of past picks on the site. Some good songs on there - lots of different stuff. I'm a terrible repeat

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-01 Thread Rupert
RE: what Jay wrote about breaking the habit of using commercial music... This discussion of using commercial music has changed a lot from 2 years ago on this group, when from what I remember it mostly seemed to revolve around whether or not you'd get busted for using it. I don't worry

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-02-01 Thread Rupert
It's funny, I have changed my reaction to what you said about six times! But yeah, you're right. Using that resource and promoting those who choose a different path from the regular system is a Good Thing in my book, even if I don't feel passionately political about it in my bones. And I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright - attribution

2007-02-01 Thread Jay dedman
No, Jay. The human-readable version is watered down to the point where it doesn't make any sense. The exact wording is in the actual license at URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/legalcode section 4.b: so is the human readable license not true?

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-01-31 Thread Ron Watson
Ryanne, What terms are you claiming under mangatune? I hope you're not using the 'commercial but poor' classification as your basis for that usage. The last time I went to look for new music at mangatune, there was a clarification on that classification. I've been cutting my own music as of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Leppik
You could, at least in theory, buy an ASCAP license. ASCAP is the organization which grants blanket music licenses to radio stations, night clubs, etc. This would allow you to legally use just about any recording in your podcast or vlog. The only problem is that ASCAP is really intended

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright - attribution

2007-01-31 Thread Jay dedman
sorry for my ignorance, but what exactly does giving proper attribution mean when dealing with a film? Does that mean including the source at the end of the film? Some state feed back to the artist? is that the same as above? Not sure on this one. here's the exact wording:

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-01-30 Thread Jay dedman
With all this discussion of CC licence, I was wondering, what do videoblogging members do when adding music to films. Do you create your own? How do you source your music? How do you refer music? Do you abide by the law? i have had to break a bad habit of using commercial music in my

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-01-30 Thread Lan Bui
For music I have used: http://music.podshow.com/ and I have tried to create music too. PodSafe has it very clear what to do when using music from their site. -Lan www.LanBui.com On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:32 PM, Jay dedman wrote: With all this discussion of CC licence, I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: copyright

2007-01-30 Thread Deirdre Straughan
I've used Magnatune, giving credit as they require. But I get very tired of the process of hunting for the right soundtrack. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Wed, 24 May 2006 21:11:33 +0200, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why can't by-sa be mixed with nc-sa? Because the first stipulates that any new works must be released under a by-sa license while the second stipulates that the new work must be released under a nc-sa license. As the CC

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
No, it must be the *same* license. - Andreas On Wed, 24 May 2006 22:09:26 +0200, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think the more restrictive includes both: by-nc-sa. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Haugstrup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2006

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
What part of If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you *may* distribute the resulting work *only* under a license identical to this one is unclear to you (emphasis mine)? And from the legal code: You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Charles HOPE
Legal loophole: can a work have two licenses simultaneously? Andreas Haugstrup wrote: What part of "If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you *may* distribute the resulting work *only* under a license identical to this one" is unclear to you (emphasis mine)? And from the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Charles HOPE
Andreas Haugstrup wrote: Normally, yes, but not in this care. The license says: "You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform a Derivative Work only under the terms of this License, a later version of this License with the same License

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Wed, 24 May 2006 23:23:27 +0200, Charles HOPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andreas Haugstrup wrote: Normally, yes, but not in this care. The license says: You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform a Derivative Work only under the terms of this

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Charles HOPE
It didn't say "equal to" though. It said "contains the same". In vernacular English it can go either way. Do you have a picture of Lindsay Lohan and one of Keira Knightly on your website? Cool, my site contains the sameones. (But I also have a picture of a decapitated elephant.) And my

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
Legal licenses are written in legal vernacular. Since neither of us are lawyers we get to use the human-readable description to guide us to the right interpretation of same. It reads: If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
Any license which is not a Share-Alike allows for easy re-use in one form or another. It's up to each individual to choose which one is best for them. - Andreas On Wed, 24 May 2006 23:45:02 +0200, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So is the sampling license the way to go for allowing

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Charles HOPE
"You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform a Derivative Work only under the terms of this License, a later version of this License with the same License Elements as this License, or a Creative Commons iCommons license that contains the same

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
The translations are identical (they give/retain the same rights), but must be considered different licenses since they are adapted for each jurisdiction. Are we done nitpicking or do you have an actual point to get to? - Andreas On Wed, 24 May 2006 23:51:09 +0200, Charles HOPE [EMAIL

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Charles HOPE
Andreas Haugstrup wrote: The translations are identical (they give/retain the same rights), but must be considered different licenses since they are adapted for each jurisdiction. Are we done nitpicking or do you have an actual point to get to? Sure. If the 2nd phrase has any

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-24 Thread Michael Verdi
okay - wow - this has gone far (but interesting) from what I was asking about so let me try again.The licence that I was talking about was BY-SA. I DO want to allow remixes and sampling. According to that license if you alter or make a derivitive work you must release it under the same license

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Copyright radical

2006-05-15 Thread Charles Iliya Krempeaux
Hello Will,On 5/15/06, wtrainbow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Charles,I'm not sure what your point is.You can certainly make the argument that copyright law ismorally wrong, I don't agree it is, but even if you and others believe it is so what.Are you advocating violating copyright law as