Julianna Yau’s blog

Copyright

• Japan considers iPod tax (John Degen responds)
• Susan Scafidi shares a case where knockoff clothing directly impacted the value and saleability of the original
• Cory Doctorow on free-based business models
• Russell McOrmond gives a good summary of the content creator vs access provider debate

Orphan Works

• The Art Law Blog reports that the Orphan Works bill in the US has been passed
• Orphan Works blog posts on opinions and points to a summary of the debate between photo advocates

Art

• Making Art and Essential Part of Life
• Another government culture site bites the dust

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I need to clear out some of the dozens of blog postings and websites to which I’ve been meaning to respond. So here they all are for your reading pleasure and my peace of mind. I dearly miss being able to use Ma.gnolia’s blog posting tool, which no longer works now that my website host upgraded to ModSecurity 2. There should be some other tools I can use to get this to work without disabling ModSecurity, but I don’t really have the time to fiddle with those right now.

Note: some of these links are months old…

Copyright clippings

• Copyright Protection and Appropriation Art
• The death of the “author” in scientific papers
• History suggests copyright crusade is a lost cause
• Design Piracy Prohibition Act: Historical Regression
• Annie Get Your Gun
• Universal: You don’t own those promotional CDs we gave you
• Wal-Mart learns a painful copyright lesson
• New Zealand copyright reform law schools US DMCA on fair use
• Fairuse obliteratus: Rowling to testify in Harry Potter case
• White Knight or Snow Job? (ebay & counterfeits)
• Russell McOrmond’s summary of CopyCamp
• Canadian Copyright Bill Likely in the Next Six Weeks

Orphan Works Bill in the US

• Orphan Works Bills have Arrived
• New Orphaned Works Act would limit copyright liability
• Orphan Works Update

Art clippings

• Huntsman faces Great Salt Lake issues
• Utah’s ‘Jetty’ threatened by oil plan
• Culture.ca Shutting Down

Tech clippings

• Adobe gives Photoshop Express EULA a much-needed revamp
• Canadian (RBC) bank hands out free Eee PCs

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After quite a bit of work, I managed to get almost everything for my websites back to normal. The main thing which took longer than expected (and continues to be unresolved) is being able to use the Metaweblog API to get my Ma.gnolia bookmarks posted to this blog. I have since discovered that ModSecurity 2 does not play nice with Metaweblog API. This means, although I love Ma.gnolia’s blog posting feature, I will probably not be using it until there is a way for the Metaweblog API to work with ModSecurity active for everything except my xmlpc file.

My bookmarks continue to be available here, and individual feeds are available for the tags.

Here are the links I’ve wanted to post since my server upgrades:

• John Degen on the CMEC proposal
• Lawrence at Northworthy challenges the concept of “fair” copyright
• The Office of the Privacy Commissioner discusses potential privacy issues with the new enhanced driver’s licences (EDLs) available to eligible B.C. residents.
• William Patry argues that a photograph of an object is the depiction of the object rather than a derivative work.
• An article on the “art bug”. This seemed very familiar to me, and I had to check the date several times to ensure it was current. Why was it so familiar? This was something which was discussed at the Visual Arts Summit! Sadly, the article is now behind the pay wall…but is still free to read at your local library.
• More studies on art & culture. This one is from Kelly Hill, a presenter from the Visual Arts Summit
• Art News Blog: Urban Art Auction. The second half of the story covers an exciting collaboration between Banksy and DJ Danger Mouse.
• Counterfeit Chic: But New York Doesn’t ♥ Gucci
• The Art Law Blog notices a recent ruling in the Kurtz case (the one with the bio materials used in art).
• And Maurice Agis is charged with manslaughter because of a malfunction with his inflatable sculpture.

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Technology in the Arts » Blog Archive » Fair Use and New Media

A study by the Center for Social Media at American University on user-generated content & copyright issues.

Tags: user-generated content, copyright, studies, blog it

Canadian artists stump for tougher copyright laws

Coverage from the National Post on the CCC platform on copyright

Tags: copyright, canada, ccc, legislation, blog it

globeandmail.com: Penticton ordered to pay artist over nude statue

The artist was awarded damages for negligence of the purchased sculpture and infringement of moral rights from vandalism.

Tags: moral rights, law suits, art, creator’s rights, sculpture, blog it

Northworthy: What is the (Next) Message?: Relationship Marketing? Try Creep-Out Marketing!

A huge privacy issue with pharmacies and marketing programs.

Tags: privacy, shoppers drug mart, marketing, pr, blog it

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