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Re: PetaPixel - Photography and Camera News, Reviews, and Inspiration

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:18:46 -0000

Just a heads up, the ACE act was December 2016, not 2017. I thought the same thing too as almost no one was talking about it until after the New Year.

Re: A New York Souvenir Company Is Suing Balenciaga For Copyright Infringement - by Dhani Mau

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 09:49:37 -0000

Scared me a minute there. When you said you were named in the lawsuit that usually means that they included you as a defendant, not that you were merely cited in it. Glad you aren't actually named in it and it is an interesting case!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:15:23 -0000

Great topic! Really hoping this one gets picked up, it's far more important than many realize!

Re: Warner Bros. Superman Rights Confirmed By Appeals Court

Jonathan Bailey — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:32:45 -0000

You've been waiting for that last pun for a long time haven't you? It was worth it...

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:30:04 -0000

Thank you all for your support and votes!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Jonathan Bailey — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:08:53 -0000

Patrick is a great guy and a great speaker. Can't wait to see him at SXSW!

Re: Jim Carrey Misused Photo of This Woman’s Autistic Son in His Twitter Tirade

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 04:17:49 -0000

Your statement is completely and demonstrably false. Posting something to Facebook (or other social media) does not make it public domain.

See: http://digital.community-jo...

"The question is, does it just become public domain by virtue of being posted on facebook? Of course not."

http://mediashift.org/2013/...

"A recent U.S. court decision clarified that media organizations cannot assume that photos shared via Twitter are rights-free, to be used as though they were in the public domain."

Re: Adult Wednesday Addams Bad. Captain America Porn Good.

Jonathan Bailey — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:20:33 -0000

The problem with this is not that copyright is worth or not worth protecting in A or B. The issue is fair use and the fuzzy lines around it.

The porn movies are always billed and presented as parodies. Yes, they use the characters and graphic sex, but parody is a strong protected use under fair use. So much so that a challenge to them seems likely to fail.

Adult Wednesday Addams is, at best, more borderline. They took the character and made her adult but there isn't much indicating that they were parodying the original content in any way, just creating a new work based upon it. That being said, it still could have been transformative enough to be a fair use, but now we're having conversations about interpretations of the law and how a judge/jury will see it.

There's also a size differential here. AWA was an independent venture while porn parodies are backed by large companies that can defend themselves easily. In short, they're not going after the porn parodies unless they are 100% sure they can win but they can afford to go out on at least a little bit of a limb with AWA.

In the end, while I can understand your view, copyright lists this as an apples to oranges comparison. A clear self-identified parody versus a derivative work. Hope that helps!

Re: Judge Rules Against Grooveshark in Summary Judgment Case

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:54:26 -0000

Just a heads up, the request for summary judgment yesterday was in a New York state court case, not the federal court case that was ruled on today (that motion for summary judgement was filed a while back). The New York state case deals with pre-1972 sound recordings and the federal one looks at the issues covered in this judgement.

Confusion is understandable. Same parties, same state but different courts.

Re: Warner Bros. Sued Over 'Gilligan's Island' Movie

Jonathan Bailey — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:39:53 -0000

My first thought when I read this was "This MUST be a pro se lawsuit". Sadly, I was wrong.

Re: Even If Grooveshark is Back Onboard, Has It Missed the Boat?

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:02:33 -0000

As I see it, Grooveshark failed for two reasons.

First was the obvious, legal reasons. You can't make progress while batting the suppliers of your product in court. It doesn't work. Aereo would be wise to learn from this as well.

Second, I think is the lethal blow. Usability. When friends used Grooveshark, they constantly complained about trouble finding the right song or building a stable playlist. Even IF Grooveshark were completely legit, its usability was terrible. Spotify, no one hunts for the right song. Pandora is set-and-forget.

Grooveshark wasted the money it needed to spend on its service waging a legal war it couldn't win over the music itself. Today, no one remembers Grooveshark (at least not fondly) and it will go down as a service that ticked off musicians and users alike.

Re: What Viacom Has to Show for Seven Years of Pursuing YouTube (Analysis)

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:47:33 -0000

Very well put, much like the Aereo case, I strongly suspect that this case was not so much about the defendant, but about other actors that may choose to follow in their footsteps. If that's the case, Viacom may have won more than people realize...

Re: Lil' Kim Sued Over Zombie Makeup Photo

Jonathan Bailey — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:11:38 -0000

The problem is that Lil' Kim, or someone working on her behalf, did not merely try to recreate the look in the tutorial, but rather, used her actual image. Though the steps to do something, such as a recipe, can not be copyrighted, the creative work that goes into illustrating or explaining that process, such as photos and descriptive text, can be.

To be clear, this is not a case of Lil' Kim using her makeup tutorial, it's more a case of image infringement.

Re: | New Orleans - WDSU Home

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 08:50:42 -0000

This story repeats an often-said fallacy, that the funding for the ferry was cut due to the tolls being discontinued.

The original referendum that was voted on in both elections, forbid the use of toll money on the ferries. Even if the tolls had passed and doubled, the ferries would not have had any funding.

The plan from way before the election was to privatize the ferries but that simply has not worked out and the state/city simply had no backup plan. As a result, the ferries are in the bind that they are in.

Re: Are You Sharing Article Links to Google Plus? It’s Time to Stop It

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:40:57 -0000

The same trick also works on Facebook though it's less effective there because FB puts less emphasis on images. Still, some pages do better with views and clicks if they upload link shares as images. Something to test.

Re: Plagiarism and Stealing

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:40:49 -0000

Patton Oswalt recently posted a long piece about plagiarism and about what happens to comedians who plagiarized, How, even if they aren't punished directly, they fall to the wayside because, eventually, they can't keep up.

I think the same is true for bloggers. You'll either get caught and face the music or eventually realize that you're out of your element and can't keep pace.

Still, like Oswalt, I think the greatest danger isn't the plagiarist themselves but the attitude in society that trivializes plagiarism as an ill...

Re: Plagiarism and Stealing

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:36:02 -0000

Examples do exist, unfortunately. Jonah Lehrer, for one, made a career as a blogger and journalist with a plate full of plagiarism and fabrication. It's difficult to do but it can be done. One step though is to be careful about who you plagiarize from and how much you take...

Re: Plagiarism and Stealing

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:30:32 -0000

Let me know if you need any help.

Re: What To Do When You Get Stuck For Content Ideas

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:24:52 -0000

Good idea on the Linkedin Group. Also, Twitter can be useful tool. Just open a call for questions in your area.

Re: What To Do When You Get Stuck For Content Ideas

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:09:10 -0000

When I get stuck for ideas, my favorite thing to do is read my email. What are people asking me and how can I answer their questions in an article? Even if it's something I've kind of covered before, if I'm getting questions, I need to talk about it again.

Re: Do You Need SEO? Or, Surviving The Google Zoo

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:11:33 -0000

I think Google's issue here is actually fairly simple. Google wants to live in a world where the only SEO you need is to build a great site and put it on the interwebs. Basically, if Google had its way, SEO would be a two step process. 1) Make a great site. 2) Let Google find it.

Of course, reality is different from that. Google hasn't found a sure-fire way to determine what is or is not a great site. The fact that legitimate SEO exists, beyond "find us" steps, is an indication that Google has a problem with this and Google doesn't want to admit that.

Google would really rather you not notice the man behind the curtain. It wants the Internet to just ignore it and make the content it wants while it tries to figure everything out. That isn't going to happen though so Google now has this weird relationship with webmasters where the advice Google gives is only good advice until Google decides its no longer helping them.

I'm not one of these anti-Google types but Google has conflated its self interest with the interest of the Web. As far as Google believes, it's their Internet and we just live in it...

Re: 5 Free Copyright-Related Steps Every Blogger Should Take Today

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:14:27 -0000

I'm not familiar with the CSS code. However, though it would be more difficult to disable, it would still annoy legitimate users so it sounds like a bad idea still...

Re: Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 282 – Meme Battle

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:47:34 -0000

Checking the link now.

Re: The Nostalgia Critic vs. Tommy Wiseau Debacle

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:46:44 -0000

Just wanted to say thanks for letting me know the article was useful. It's not often I get such feedback on older works and really appreciate it!

Re: How MailChimp Hurts Their Customers’ SEO

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:31:34 -0000

I have to say this is a good argument for exactly that. In this case, it wasn't really practical for me to self-host, I had to make a quick transition away from a FeedBurner-controlled newsletter and MailChimp was the easiest destination. I now have the opportunity to figure out a more permanent solution though so I may take the chance to do exactly as you suggested.