Tag: legals
Copyright, Notes, Confusion
Karlee gets a Flickr account (you get a terabyte free, a terabyte) and realises there are lots of images with creative commons licences that means you can use them. There’s music out there too p... Read More
UnHappy Birthday
And here’s the US advocacy site… http://www.unhappybirthday.com/ (in relation to copyright and Happy Birthday).... Read More
Happy Birthday as Copyright Case
Brady asks about Happy Birthday. Great example because for a long time you did not see or hear it in TV, or film, because Warners enforced copyright over it. Yes, you had to pay Warner Music to sing H... Read More
More Legals
Copyright is a big topic. Changing too. James has things on SOPA and creative commons. Laura has a great summary, and Michael links to a story about piracy and discusses one reason why it happens. Man... Read More
And By The Way
Another afterthought of the legal minefield, come playground. It is international. So while what I write might not defame someone in Australian law it could in Singapore. And if I turned up in Singapo... Read More
Symposium 04 Followup
Something that we didn’t get to today (the discussion about patents was probably too marginal, patent law isn’t something we need to worry about) was that when you’re writing critica... Read More
Online piracy crackdown a bad idea: Frank Moorhouse
Online piracy crackdown a bad idea: Frank Moorhouse. Recent article in Melbourne’s The Age on copyright and piracy. Frank Moorhouse is an important figure in the history of copyright in Australi... Read More
More Legal Matters
Luke on some of the issues of copyright in film making and music. Nethaniel on Creative Commons licences, Simone on YouTube, music, creative commons, and hive species. Sarah has a dot point summary. M... Read More