Comments on: Take a break and read this comic book http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/ tales of swimming upstream Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: bach http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1672 bach Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:45:25 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1672 The Smithsonian deal is about de facto censorship, not money. Imagine how much chance a documentarian sympathetic to Scientology or critical of anti-depressants, or heaven forbid! an admirer of Tom Cruise, would have of obtaining material vital to his film from the Smithsonian given that "Mrs. Viacom" is incensed by opinions with which she disagrees. The Smithsonian deal is about de facto censorship, not money. Imagine how much chance a documentarian sympathetic to Scientology or critical of anti-depressants, or heaven forbid! an admirer of Tom Cruise, would have of obtaining material vital to his film from the Smithsonian given that “Mrs. Viacom” is incensed by opinions with which she disagrees.

]]> By: The Fish Wrapper · I just want my TAL http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1163 The Fish Wrapper · I just want my TAL Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:10:43 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1163 [...] A couple more things. I recognize (from the reading I’ve done this week) that TAL’s actions on this front are dictated to a great degree by the contracts with artists whose work appears on the show. I’m not a lawyer (as if that isn’t obvious), but this situation seems to be further evidence of what’s wrong with intellectual property in the US. If the only way (or the primary way) TAL can get artists to contribute content to the show is by promising royalties on every downloaded episode, there’s something seriously broken with the system. [...] […] A couple more things. I recognize (from the reading I’ve done this week) that TAL’s actions on this front are dictated to a great degree by the contracts with artists whose work appears on the show. I’m not a lawyer (as if that isn’t obvious), but this situation seems to be further evidence of what’s wrong with intellectual property in the US. If the only way (or the primary way) TAL can get artists to contribute content to the show is by promising royalties on every downloaded episode, there’s something seriously broken with the system. […]

]]> By: Jim http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1144 Jim Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:14:52 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1144 Great find Martha, thanks. This reminds me of the whole Smithsonian debacle a couple of months ago wherein they made a secret deal with the Showtime network -effectively making them the sole commercial user of Smithsonian footage in documentary films. In fact, the Smithsonian is predominantly supported by public funds (close to 75%) making this sellout of national resources for independent documentarians even more infuriating. Below are some links to articles on this development which in many ways reinforces the insidious logic of copyright and ownership you trace above. Greed and insanity damn straight -why can't everyone be like <a href="//online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115049840863382886-9QyN65ef6meo_D2UlLOxAdRmbN0_20070616.html?mod=rss_free" rel="nofollow">Craigslist </a>. Wasington Post <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/28/AR2006042802213_2.html" rel="nofollow">article</a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/29/smithsonians_sellout.html" rel="nofollow">Boingboing article</a> Great find Martha, thanks. This reminds me of the whole Smithsonian debacle a couple of months ago wherein they made a secret deal with the Showtime network -effectively making them the sole commercial user of Smithsonian footage in documentary films. In fact, the Smithsonian is predominantly supported by public funds (close to 75%) making this sellout of national resources for independent documentarians even more infuriating. Below are some links to articles on this development which in many ways reinforces the insidious logic of copyright and ownership you trace above. Greed and insanity damn straight -why can’t everyone be like Craigslist .

Wasington Post article
Boingboing article

]]> By: Amen, Brother! — And He Blogs Archive http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1128 Amen, Brother! — And He Blogs Archive Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:26:14 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2006/06/19/take-a-break-and-read-this-comic-book/#comment-1128 [...] Nate Harrison recorded the audio for this video in the winter of 2004. This is the story about a 6 second drum “break” in a song from 1969 called Amen Brother. Now known as the “Amen Break”, this snippett of musical history is now used ubiquitously in multiple forms and mutliple variations. The shame is that the original artist, The Winstons, essentially gave away the rights to this section of their song and now the copyright is owned by a third-party drum-loop reseller. Another example of the copyright laws being broken, and creativity being stiffled. [...] […] Nate Harrison recorded the audio for this video in the winter of 2004. This is the story about a 6 second drum “break” in a song from 1969 called Amen Brother. Now known as the “Amen Break”, this snippett of musical history is now used ubiquitously in multiple forms and mutliple variations. The shame is that the original artist, The Winstons, essentially gave away the rights to this section of their song and now the copyright is owned by a third-party drum-loop reseller. Another example of the copyright laws being broken, and creativity being stiffled. […]

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