I thought the pushback against Baio's interpretation was interesting. I was
keyed into it on Twitter, where someone said they didn't see a right/wrong
in the situation. There was also a large thread on Reddit where a lot of
comments sided with Maisel.

Alex

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Alexander Leavitt
PhD Student
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
http://alexleavitt.com
Twitter: @alexleavitt




On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Ryan Prior <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Parker Higgins <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > In case you missed it, Andy Baio posted a long, smart, and extremely sad
> > blog post about fair use and his experience making a cool piece of art,
> > going above and beyond to try to make sure everything was above board,
> and
> > then getting screwed on a copyright issue and paying a $32,500 (!!!)
> > settlement.
>
> Oh no! I bought Kind of Bloop when it came out and then bought it
> again as a gift for my brother. So disappointed to hear he was nailed.
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