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> On Jan 18, 2006, at 2:13 PM, LeanBackVids.com wrote:
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>> Does Rocketboom have the rights to use a clip from this?  Wouldn't
>> they need the approval of both Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino?
>>
>> Also, what about the rights for those commericals at the end?
>> http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2006/01/rb_06_jan_17.html
>>
>> The reason I ask is because we use copyrighted music all the time, as
>> well as screencasts from Google Earth.  I haven't been too worried
>> about getting busted because we're still smalltime.  Also, searching
>> the pod-safe music sites is a daunting task and my ears begin to  
>> bleed
>> after listening to tons of crappy songs (not to say all of it is  
>> crap).
>>
>> Anyways, it would provide big publicity if Google or the RIAA  
>> censored
>> a video blog.  Is there a bigger risk of getting busted if a vlog has
>> sponsorship money?  Just want to get ideas from others.
>>

Matt, There are all sorts of legal issues... and I suggest doing  
whatever's in your power to secure rights or simply use podsafe or  
creative commons materials that explitiely state how you can use  
them.  That siad there is one final rule of thumb I go buy... and  
truely any great legal mind would tell you this under the table.

Lawsuits ALWAYS follow the money... therefore if you're not making  
any money you'll have some leway... In short I don't think you have  
much to worry about unless your planing on sub licensing or selling  
your content in the future. I do strongly advise you slowly move your  
workflow into a completely podsafe arena... because with so much  
great openly licensced media out there, particularly music there's  
just no need to take any risks.

That said I think rocketboom is getting into a big grey area because  
of their celebrity.
1) the "videosphere" is not as well devleloped and therefore not as  
much content is explicitely licensced for use with vlogs and other  
open access media.  Therefore rocketboom must draw on grey area content.

2) though I don't know how much money they're making yet their  
celebrity puts them in a precarious spot... they're high  
visibility... somone in fact might be tempted to sue them not because  
they're necissarily making money of this media, but because of the  
added bonus of free publicity.

That said I love and respect what rocketboom is doing with creative  
remixing and reuse of content... and I think though we may suffer  
some set backs this MUST be the way of the future.  To opt out of  
remixing, redistribution and reuse unnecisarily is to opt out of the  
evolving marketplace and the new economy of information...  
indreasingly as this new economy grows I ecpect they'll be more  
incentive for arists and even incumbent media to open up their  
libraries for creative reuse on at least some level.

In summary... the winds of change are blowing in favor of a more  
liberal fair use, but we must be careful of setbacks that will  
happen... primarily due greed and misunderstanding.

Every artist down here on the ground floor know the value of creative  
reuse... but people not on the ground floor of this revolution may  
not get it AT all.

Proceed with caution, but enjoy, experiment and do great and  
flattering things for those artists who's materials you reuse. Site  
them heavily and very favorably.

Peace,

-Mike

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>> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brett Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>> Geez you'd think they could afford a decent mic, though :)
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>>> On 1/15/06, Michael Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>> On Jan 15, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Ted Tagami wrote:
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>>>> (1) the celebrity of the filmmakers is one thing, but its great
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>>>> (2) damn good marketing
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>>>> wonder if any of these guys subscribes to the group... ;)
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>>>> Damn, that's exactly what I was thinking too... "cellebrities are
>> people
>>>> too" :)
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>>>> Sometimes media and the people in it get so abstracted we forget
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>>>> Vlogging is a humanizing thing indeed.
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>>>> On 1/15/06, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>>>  dont know if you like movies, but heres a cool video:
>>>>> http://clerks2.com/movies/goodbadman560.mov
>>>>>
>>>>> Director Kevin Smith has his friends(Quentin Tarantino and Robert
>>>>> Rodriguez) over to watch his recent cut...
>>>>> and gets feedback.
>>>>> when do we ever get to see stuff like this?
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