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An ongoing and relatively unfiltered collection of thoughts, image, links, and more from photographer and author James Duncan Davidson.
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Copyright and Social Norms
Jeremy Williams, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Warner Brothers, responded to a question at OnCopyright 2010 today with an answer that really rang home. The question was when he looks at a potential infringement, does he go straight to legal analysis or does he take a look at it at a more visceral level with what is “right” within current norms. The answer was that he does the latter. After all, the definitions of the law aren’t even close to addressing the norms of what we consider appropriate today, especially when it comes to mash-ups and non-commercial usage. Obviously, if it’s something that’s causing financial harm, that’s a different matter.
A surprising and welcome statement from somebody in the Hollywood biz. It doesn’t help the file sharers, but it bodes well for artistic expression with the media of today’s culture.
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"Businesses don’t get to pick the timetable for when their preferred model takes a permanent dirt nap"
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"The sin of copyright is equating it with control rather than economic benefit."
Bill Patry, Google Senior Copyright Counsel
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Bill Patry, Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel, on stage at OnCopyright 2010. (ISO 6400 FTW)
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Dan Barber’s tale of the two fish he loved was one (of many) of my favorite talks for TED2010. One of these days, I want to eat in Dan’s restaurant in NYC. Hopefully, the next trip out, I can make it.
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Shooting OnCopyright 2010
The reason I’m back in New York this week is to shoot OnCopyright 2010 on March 10th (tomorrow). It’s a small event produced by the Copyright Clearance Center and hosted at the Union League Club. It’s the kind of small event that I really enjoy shooting. Nice venue. Interesting speakers. A contentious topic. And a super nice group of people that are producing the event.
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ACE Hotel NYC. There’s some goop on my iPhone’s lens that’s making for a bit of fun.
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