24 Articles match "Silicon Valley"

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• Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown: Why Content’s Kingdom is Slipping Away
  
  Tags: technology Hollywood Silicon Valley conten Content and technology are locked in a struggle whose outcome may determine the future of the entertainment industry. The problem is this: Content is becoming a commodity. In contrast, although distribution used to be the exclusive province of Hollywood —movie theaters, television networks, home video, among others—this is no longer true.
  Digital Media Law - Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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• Why the hand-wringing over TechCrunch's decision to publish 'hacked' Twitter documents?
  
  I am genuinely baffled by the journalistic ethics debate over TechCrunch 's decision to publish Twitter corporate documents that were apparently obtained through "hacking" and then forwarded to the Silicon Valley business blog. TechCrunch appears to have played no role whatsoever in the alleged hacking. According to TechCrunch , it was simply sent 310 documents, unsolicited.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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• An Inconvenient Truth: Rick Carnes talks about the effect of piracy on American songwriters
  
  In truth, I find their suggestions are unbelievably arrogant and self-serving. Castle: Do you find that there are a lot of self-appointed music industry experts who have never sold a record? I’m thinking of a specific event at which I was sneered at by Eben Moglun at Future of Music Policy Summit II in 2001 for questioning the affect of piracy on independent artists and I was told more or less that I was a primitive thinker because I didn’t see that declines in CD sales would be made up by merch. I’m also thinking of a panel I was on with Corynne McSherry of the EFF at which in shades
  Music Technology Policy - Thursday, January 29, 2009
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• Google Gagged?
  
  The role of internet companies in aiding and abetting the repression of human rights in China is an old story that does not get nearly enough attention here in Silicon Valley. The The late Congressman Tom Lantos, though, gave Yahoo! a well deserved tongue lashing for their role in providing the regime information that led to arrests [...]
  King Harvest - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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• Legal Pad Blog: Cablevision case is 'Early Test for Obama on IP Issues'
  
  Instead, I will simply let Cal Law do the talking: Obama loved him some Silicon Valley during his presidential campaign, when the donations were flowing. The question is: Will it be reciprocated when it comes time to pick sides in the copyright war between Silicon Valley’s tech companies and the Hollywood movie studios? I don't plan to blog in any detail about the Cablevision case , since I worked on it in the S.D.N.Y. and Second Circuit as an attorney at Fox .
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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• One of the Most Pressing Questions When it Comes to Inserting “Business” after “Social Networking” is “Where’s the Money”?
  
  Consider the blog of Silicon Valley Veteran Dan Dodge, who gives his take on the actual metrics. One of the most pressing questions when it comes to inserting “business” after “social networking” is “where’s the money”? In other words, how are these businesses actually monetized, what are the real revenue drivers, and what kind of numbers do we need to achieve critical mass?
  BizMediaLaw - Friday, November 27, 2009
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• Hollywood Labor’s Long-Term Future: More Unrest
  
  Will this be the beginning of a new era of labor peace in the industry? Unfortunately not. Silicon Valley is not going to suddenly take an Ambien and stop innovating. It will need research support (sharing of data) from all parties, and a budget for purchase of research reports and other such expenses, consultants as necessary, and perhaps a staff person who would travel regularly to Silicon Valley. After a year and a half of Hollywood labor turmoil, we’re finally nearing a SAG deal and the end of this negotiating cycle. That means that a scant two years from now,
  Digital Media Law - Saturday, January 31, 2009
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  BizMediaLaw - Friday, April 3, 2009
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• No Strike Waivers For TV Yet But Web Start Ups Tempt Writers
  
  8220;Silicon Valley investors historically have been averse to backing entertainment start-ups, believing that such efforts were less likely to generate huge paydays than technology companies.” Variety’s Dave McNary reported that the WGA rejected requests for strike waivers by the Golden Globes and Oscar telecasts today. While the Guild granted waivers during the strike in 1988, I doubt they will now- even to Letterman and Leno -until and unless meaningful negotiations resume for two reasons.
  DealFatigue - Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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• US-backed CIPPIC Extends Lessig culture de voleur Agenda in Canada
  
  The CIPPIC website proudly boasts that its founding was proudly funded by a grant to The Prideful Wedge from Amazon and proudly received further grants from rich Silicon Valley types. Its "external" advisory board includes one EFF, one rich Silicon Valley academic and...big Canada is at the beginning of "consultations" for an overhaul of their copyright law. ("Consultations" Consultations" are what we in the US might call "field hearings" or "notice of inquiry" type proceedings.)
  Music Technology Policy - Thursday, July 23, 2009
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