Posted on 17 July 2008 by Raizel
For those looking for information about a movie that involves a certain Chinese symbol that is derivative of Cowboy Bebop — sorry! But there is another interesting Serenity story — the disputed authorship of the well-known Serenity prayer. And lest one Christian prayer dispute be not enough, walk further through this post to Footsteps. You [...]
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Posted on 7 July 2008 by Raizel
The Center for Social Media has posted their Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video (16 page PDF Report). This Report is a follow-up to the Center’s study, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video, that suggested strongly that remix culture is not only socially acceptable, but should also be [...]
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Posted on 2 July 2008 by Raizel
On Gamine Expedition, Sara Grimes writes about the Harry Potter lawsuit differently than I’ve seen before (or the economic production /fan labor issues that I’ve written about) by focusing on how traditional intellectual property analysis ignores the impact of copyright on children: What troubles me about the Harry Potter lawsuit is that … the object [...]
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