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<Concerned about Viacom’s knowing all and taking all? Arm yourself with information that could render that a moot point. The Center for Social Media has a document that can help you navigate the FairUse dispute regarding the use of copyright material
From the Introduction:

.This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances.

This is a guide to current acceptable practices, drawing on the actual activities of creators, as discussed among other places in the study Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video[1]and backed by the judgment of a national panel of experts. It also draws, by way of analogy, upon the professional judgment and experience of documentary filmmakers, whose own code of best practices has been recognized throughout the film and television businesses.

 
The document does not codify “Fair USe”

When you create a fanvid or mashup, to fall under Fair Use, the work must answer two (2) key questions:

* Did the unlicensed use “transform” the material taken from the copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat the work for the same intent and value as the original?
* Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the nature of the copyrighted work and of the use?

In the case of a fanvid, this can be tricky. how long a clip is Fair Use? I have videos that are acceptable for Youtube and some that are not I presume due to the length of the clips I used in order to get the point made. A prime example of Fair Use is the Make McCain Exicting Challenge over at The Colbert Report.

The document, available as in PDF, lists several BEST PRACTICES for the use of copyrighted material/

Remix Culture

Notes
[1]When college kids make mashups of Hollywood movies, are they violating the law? Not necessarily, according to the latest study on copyright and creativity from the Center and American University’s Washington College of Law.

Tags: remixculture, fanvid, copyright, fair use

There is an expedition to Mt. Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe to raise money and awareness for Autism Speaks. Ryan Gunaskara, the lead climber, has a brother who is autistic. He is climbing for him and others.

Ryan is asking for donations. Either a set amount or a per metre pledge 1¢ per metre = $56.42US.

Autism Speaks, Home Page

Star hammers CD price rip-off | Herald Sun Neala Johnson May 16, 2007 12:00am Article from: Herald-Sun

A SHOPPING trip has ended in a record label stoush for touring American, Nine Inch Nails rock star Trent Reznor.

 

 

In Melbourne for three sold-out gigs that ended last night, Reznor was furious to find his band’s latest album selling for $10 more than other Top 40 CDs.

 

 

At his first tour stop in Brisbane, he demanded an explanation from a sales rep from his record label, Universal Music.

 

 

"He goes, ‘Oh, because your packaging is a lot more expensive’," Reznor said.

 

 

 

"I know how much the packaging costs — it costs 83c more to have a CD with the colour-changing ink on it.

 

 

"I’m taking the hit on that, not them. So I said, ‘It doesn’t cost $10 more’.

 

 

"He goes, ‘You’re right, it doesn’t. Basically it’s because we know you’ve got a core audience that’s gonna buy whatever we put out’.

 

 

"I said, ‘That’s the most insulting thing I’ve heard. I’ve garnered a core audience that you feel it’s OK to rip off?

 

 

Reznor made Universal staff buy their own concert tickets.

 

 I LOVE THE PAYOFF… REZNOR MADE HIS LABEL BUY THEIR TIX. WONDER WHERE THEY ENDED UP?

 

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With uncertainty looming over its presence on YouTube, Comedy Central is refining its broadband video strategy.

The network is launching a revamped version of its online programming platform, MotherLoad, this month with a new syndicated video player at its heart, the network said Wednesday.

MotherLoad will be integrated deeper into Comedy-Central.com while offering a syndication capability allowing users to grab and embed their favorite clips for posting on their own Web pages. The new video player is part of a makeover of the channel’s Web site.

The site also will use a Flash video format and is designed to be more user-compatible on Macs and older PCs and for users with pop-up blockers.

From my myspace bulletin bord:
—————– Bulletin Message —————–
From: Save 1.800.Suicide
Date: Aug 17, 2006 8:12 PM

1-800-SUICIDE has provided hope to almost 2 million callers - and now needs our help

With your help and support we have been able to put real pressure on the federal governement for the funds they already owe the hotline from 2004, raised awareness of the issue, and kept the line from being shut off last friday (raised over $10,000 for this two week extension!)

You have helped us raise $20,000 this past week of the $66,000 needed to keep the line running. (All because the gov never paid the $266,000 they promised us - see www.save1800suicide.org

We still need to raise $46,000 by friday to keep the hotline from being shut off! While this is a lot of money… we have a lot of friends on MySpace that can help as well as spread the word to their friends… We can do this!!!

If everyone chips in a single dollar and passes this along… we will be saved in no time!!!

Think of this as a good ol’ fashion candy bar sale - Tell your friends “skip a candy bar - and help keep the line Suicide Hotline Private, Confidential and Running!”

The Suicide Hotline is a 501c3 tax deductible non-profit organization. Please only give directly through the official website www.save1800suicide.org/donate

Thanks for all of your help and continued support -

Please pass this message along

http://www.myspace.com/save1800suicide
http:/www.save1800suicide.org

Thank you, blu

“You won the Lottery?”

“Nope.”

“You discovered the wreck of Jason’s ship Argos?”

“Uh, uh…”

“Then I give up”

“I didn’t, and I won.”

With all the shit I have been through over the past few years, I have not simply survived it, I have overcome it. Sure, a couple of issues have yet to settle out, but I am intact Soul-wise. Spirit-wise. I have been through, quite literally Fire and Ice and am now tempered as though my Soul and Spirit are now Damascus Steel.

Unlike those undeserving sluggards, the abraham men and mad maudlins, who, with assistance, have learend to game the system, to take from those who truly need it… Those whose problems are petty when placed in the context of “Need”.

Back in 1983, I believe, I took part in a Ritual overseen by the Late HymenÆus Alpha. I was initiated in aThree Person Order. Three of us became Knight Companions to the Holy Graal. When it came my turn to state the Nature of My Quest, I replied

“To Replace Faith with Knowlege.”

I have made much progress since then. I think Niall Bon Couer and Louis would be proud of my progress. Niall is with me, in my heart. and recently appeared to me in Dream.

My ethics are intact. Despite being advised to abandon them in oh, so subtle ways. I have achieved success. It’s true what they say about making it in NYC:

“If you can make it there…” and it’s not just about making it in business. The phrase is more about Life. This place is CRUSHING. Perhaps, it is because the first thing I ever tasted was blood. quite literally, blood - the doctors nearly killed both my mother and me. or, because I came into the World wanting to show everyone my ass.

This place is CRUSHING. Life can be CRUSHING

IF YOU PERMIT IT TO.

for those times when I just wish to blither and notuse the pop-up….

snicker…..

C’mon over to my LJ and see the pathetic little “lame war” tha tis currently underway… it will cheer your day. I know it cheers me up.
you can find it here and if the two of them, are real good, and do as their Mistress directs, I’ll promote there vague attempts as biting wit to my front page. but, they really need more practice. it’s Usenet brought to blogging….

I hope this brings sunshine to your work day.
It does mine

Update: I decided to take the entire entry to “My Eyes Only” after deciding that there is a bit too much info about and where I went to school, and other things. I don’t believe in placing things in the Memory Hole and pretending they never occurred.
Sorry