Anybody know what rules live TV news stations play by? I remember seeing a programme about Al Jazeera years ago, and they were watching other stations rebroadcasting their live pictures (probably of the bombing of Bahgdad), and were trying to frustrate this by cutting to their anchor. There are plenty of times we see other networks graphics on such things, some try to cover it with monster sized tickers or bugs, and now I always wonder if theyve licensed the content or are making use of some 'right' to reshow it, or just chancing their luck.
I doubt we willg et a clearcut answer to these questions. To me it seems like short extracts of video, or certain probably copyright violations done live, seem to go under the radar, unless the subject is particularly offended and litigious. Thats not good enough a foundation to stride forward with conversations, unburdened by the fear that engaging in quoting will become more of an issue than the substance of the quote, the subject we actually want to have a conversation about. Fair Use will cover certain things but is stretched a bit further than the law probably intends, as people may take the term literally as meaning whatever use they consider fair. Should also bear in mind the Fair Use is not a right that everyone on the globe has, it seems a stronger concept in the USA, somewhat ironic considering all the draconian extensions to copyrights that the USA is associated with. Id be tempted to keep things simple by separating the quoting rights issues, from the idea of video conversations and the hurdles they face. There's lots of other issues to fix, and if we make the assumption that a conversation takes place with all the participants implicitly opting in, quoting rights issues dont seem so relevant. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Agreed - a community needs to have a standard of practice in order to, > > well... practice! And CC seems to be the way to go. The hard part is this: > > videobloggers come in all different varieties. Some are posting thoughts > > and conversation-starters (sorta like text blogs). Others think of their > > posts > > more like an online version of a tv show. And then everything in-between. > > But to take the newspaper comparison further, the NY Times is fully > copyrighted...but you can still quote their text in your own work > without permission. > > So i think CC licenses is totally important...but can we have Fair Use > if video is being used for criticism, debate, or conversation? > > Jay > > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com > Personal: http://momentshowing.net > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 >
