Jimmy Fallon, Bananarama and church video productions
Aug 31, 2010
What do Jimmy Fallon and Bananrama have to do with your church’s video productions? They were both involved in recent examples of how failing to plan for copyright issues can minimize the value of the videos on which you spend so much time and effort. In Jimmy Fallon’s case, he and NBC creates some sensational [...]
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Last week’s copyright news
Aug 30, 2010
Copyright deadlines for your Christmas projects – http://eepurl.com/TDrI # RIAA: U.S. copyright law ‘isn’t working’ – http://ow.ly/2tTvu #copyright # Bankrupt Playlist.com Owes Labels $28 Million http://ow.ly/2uG0I #copyright # Author of poem says embroidered pillows violate copyright http://ow.ly/2uOeM #copyright # Tony Woodlief: Curse of the Copyright Holders and Their Fee-Seeking Lawyers http://ow.ly/2uSrV #copyright # [...]
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Twitter question: YouTube vids on my church’s site?
Aug 18, 2010
Just got this question on a common subject: @CopyrightSolver what’s the protocol on using YouTube videos on our church’s website? YouTube is just a massive Pandora’s box of copyright issues. First of all, almost all of the videos including copyrighted materials that are uploaded to YouTube are done so without getting proper permission. While [...]
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Best Buy shuts down “God Squad” on trademark violation
Aug 17, 2010
The altering of corporate logos to convey Christian messages has become fairly commonplace, with altered logos showing up on t-shirts, in sermons and now on cars. A Wisconsin priest recently ran afoul of Best Buy for unauthorized use of the trademarked logo for their Geek Squad service. As the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal reported: “Best Buy, [...]
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Twitter Digest for 2010-08-15
Aug 15, 2010
KC blogr shares a 'cease and desist' from Paramount for Torrent sharing. http://ow.ly/2mTKf #copyright #DMCA # Remember where those royalty payments are going… http://fb.me/tDYMcnyl # Royalty payments and "the little guy" http://ow.ly/2n3G0 #copyright # RT @CopyrightSolver: KC blogr shares a 'cease and desist' from Paramount for Torrent sharing. http://ow.ly/2mTKf #copyright #DMCA # The [...]
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