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The current state of Copyright law explained

August 25, 2011 @ 3:49 am

What I learned watching this video: Copyright law was originally intended to help spur on the creation of new creative works. Copyright law was originally supposed to only last 28 years after the work’s creation. Copyright law has since changed … Continue reading →

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Jerk photographer, Jay Maisel, sues Andy Baio for $32,500

June 24, 2011 @ 11:35 pm

Photo: Jared G I had no idea about this legal battle until just recently, but it looks like photographer Jay Maisel (who you may recall lives in a 72-room mansion on Bowery) and his legal team managed to wrangle a … Continue reading →

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Shepard Fairey and The AP settle copyright case for Obama image

January 12, 2011 @ 8:34 pm

Credit: Mannie Garcie/AP and Shepard Fairey The New York Times reports that the AP and Shepard Fairey have come to an agreement regarding the use of an AP image (taken by photographer Mannie Garcia) that was used to make the … Continue reading →

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Getty Images graffiti tag

April 29, 2010 @ 9:56 pm

This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks Andy!

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This one's good

November 9, 2009 @ 3:40 am

This just came through via email and it’s funny because 1) it addresses me as “President&CEO” (one word); and 2) it makes no sense and you can tell it was written by somebody in China. I’ve found lately that the … Continue reading →

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Video Bay

June 29, 2009 @ 10:32 am

The Pirate Bay has launched an early beta version of their brand-new video site called Video Bay. The site is supposedly everything that YouTube is without any of the copyright restrictions on content — which basically means that you can … Continue reading →

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