Comments on: A Copyright Issue Everyone Can Agree On http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-54156 Luis Villa Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:00:35 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-54156 <p>And I forgot to mention that you'll never get actual precedent out of a fair use violation like this one; it'll never get to court because the case will settle or be dropped. So, again, what Lessig is doing is very smart (even if it doesn't work in this cycle.)</p> And I forgot to mention that you’ll never get actual precedent out of a fair use violation like this one; it’ll never get to court because the case will settle or be dropped. So, again, what Lessig is doing is very smart (even if it doesn’t work in this cycle.)

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-38089 Luis Villa Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:00:35 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-38089 <p>And I forgot to mention that you'll never get actual precedent out of a fair use violation like this one; it'll never get to court because the case will settle or be dropped. So, again, what Lessig is doing is very smart (even if it doesn't work in this cycle.)</p> And I forgot to mention that you’ll never get actual precedent out of a fair use violation like this one; it’ll never get to court because the case will settle or be dropped. So, again, what Lessig is doing is very smart (even if it doesn’t work in this cycle.)

]]> By: Doug Lay http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-54155 Doug Lay Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:53:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-54155 <p>Jeff Jarvis is on a tear with this issue over at <a href="http://buzzmachine.com">buzzmachine.com</a>. Unfortunately, it seems that NBC hasn't bought into the idea that the debate footage should be open to all. However, in typical Internet fashion, NBC's copyright terms are simply being ignored by everyone from Jarvis himself to Presidential candidate Joe Biden.</p> Jeff Jarvis is on a tear with this issue over at buzzmachine.com. Unfortunately, it seems that NBC hasn’t bought into the idea that the debate footage should be open to all. However, in typical Internet fashion, NBC’s copyright terms are simply being ignored by everyone from Jarvis himself to Presidential candidate Joe Biden.

]]> By: Doug Lay http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-38088 Doug Lay Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:53:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-38088 <p>Jeff Jarvis is on a tear with this issue over at buzzmachine.com. Unfortunately, it seems that NBC hasn't bought into the idea that the debate footage should be open to all. However, in typical Internet fashion, NBC's copyright terms are simply being ignored by everyone from Jarvis himself to Presidential candidate Joe Biden.</p> Jeff Jarvis is on a tear with this issue over at buzzmachine.com. Unfortunately, it seems that NBC hasn’t bought into the idea that the debate footage should be open to all. However, in typical Internet fashion, NBC’s copyright terms are simply being ignored by everyone from Jarvis himself to Presidential candidate Joe Biden.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-54154 Luis Villa Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:00:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-54154 <p>There are a fairly large number of those, Don; this is instead a massively high profile way to get CC licenses (presumably) slapped on something.<br><br>As a bonus, it is guaranteed that the content would get remixed and reused, not just copied and distributed. Really smart move by Lessig.</p> There are a fairly large number of those, Don; this is instead a massively high profile way to get CC licenses (presumably) slapped on something.

As a bonus, it is guaranteed that the content would get remixed and reused, not just copied and distributed. Really smart move by Lessig.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-38087 Luis Villa Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:00:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-38087 <p>There are a fairly large number of those, Don; this is instead a massively high profile way to get CC licenses (presumably) slapped on something.</p> <p>As a bonus, it is guaranteed that the content would get remixed and reused, not just copied and distributed. Really smart move by Lessig.</p> There are a fairly large number of those, Don; this is instead a massively high profile way to get CC licenses (presumably) slapped on something.

As a bonus, it is guaranteed that the content would get remixed and reused, not just copied and distributed. Really smart move by Lessig.

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-54153 Don Marti Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:30:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-54153 <p>It's hard to imagine a use of debate footage that wouldn't qualify as fair use. Why throw away the opportunity to get a slam-dunk fair-use-affirming precedent into the law books?</p> It’s hard to imagine a use of debate footage that wouldn’t qualify as fair use. Why throw away the opportunity to get a slam-dunk fair-use-affirming precedent into the law books?

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/comment-page-1/#comment-38086 Don Marti Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:30:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/27/a-copyright-issue-everyone-can-agree-on/#comment-38086 <p>It's hard to imagine a use of debate footage that wouldn't qualify as fair use. Why throw away the opportunity to get a slam-dunk fair-use-affirming precedent into the law books?</p> It’s hard to imagine a use of debate footage that wouldn’t qualify as fair use. Why throw away the opportunity to get a slam-dunk fair-use-affirming precedent into the law books?

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