Tag: law

  • Dismantle the Metropolitan Police

    Dismantle the Metropolitan Police

    This video projected on New Scotland Yard by Led By Donkeys says everything about Metropolitan Police corruption, violence and bigotry I’ve been saying since 2009 if not before. Certainly the likes of Ian Tomlinson and Jean Charles De Menenez, as mentioned in the video were a wake up call for me, as well as few…

  • Google fights for fair use

    Google fights for fair use

    Google are offering to legally fight DMCA on fair use grounds on a few selected videos? This could be big…especially if they get case law and win. Remember this if your video mashups or remixes are taken down – you’re all definitely in the fair use category. As they said: We’re doing this because we…

  • Why losing the battle to rip CDs is bad

    Why losing the battle to rip CDs is bad

    Just heard the news that the recently gained right in the UK for people to rip CDs for personal use (which most people thought was legal anyway) has been overturned. Although I doubt this will stop anyone from doing it, it’s bad for several reasons – the first being that “they suggested that a tax…

  • How NOT to file a DMCA

    How NOT to file a DMCA

    OK, DMCA and Cease and Desist as a mashup artist are inevitable, but I think this wins the award for the most stupid I’ve received. Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows anyone to file a claim, and pull a file down for copyright infringement. This is most usually seen to bad effect on YouTube, where we…

  • Girls vs Boys: Fair use and advertising

    Girls vs Boys: Fair use and advertising

    I really liked the Goldieblox advert when I saw it, the attitude, the aim of getting more girls into STEM. I didn’t even think about the backing music much apart from thinking it was a slightly odd but subversive choice as a fun parody of Beastie Boys very misogynistic and not-at-all kid-friendly ‘Girls’. It seems…

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