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Respecting & Protecting Copyright in the Wild Wild Web
In a world where zoom has a new meaning and everyone is a content producer, what are the rules for respecting and protecting copyright? Noted author, educator, and entertainment & IP attorney Thomas A. Crowell and Donald R. Simon, JD/MA, Director, Member & Staff Education at National Cable Television Cooperative, discusses this and other questions…
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Licensing Pools with Via Licensing
I.P. (Intellectual Property, that is) rights owned by multiple parties are often one of the reasons standards take so long to move from concept to commercial reality. In this video interview, Jason Johnson, of Via Licensing, a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, explains their newly formed partnership with the IEEE. This partnership promises the expeditious creation…
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Notice This!
[hidepost] One of the gems mentioned in the Melrose MN, Local Content Workshop was the importance of having a “Notice Release” when filming in public. Dean Mohs, General Manager of diversiCOM/Melrose Telephone came up with a good idea in a conversation after the workshop. He suggested putting the release forms on the back of the…
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The Other Kind of IP
I was once told by an Electrical Engineer that his job was to produce paperwork. That is, in order for a product to successfully transition from an engineering to a manufacturing environment, it must be well documented. Producing video content is very similar to designing an electronic circuit. The fun part of the process is…
