http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insurers/ Information, Law, and the Law of Information Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:40:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insurers/comment-page-1/#comment-52656 Chris Fri, 09 May 2008 10:05:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insu#comment-52656 Well this can only be good news, taking some pressure off documentary filmmakers who want their work to be put online. Now if only the same coverage can be applied to fictional work! Well this can only be good news, taking some pressure off documentary filmmakers who want their work to be put online. Now if only the same coverage can be applied to fictional work!

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insurers/comment-page-1/#comment-6656 Info/Law » 30 Years Later, Copyright Cloud Lifted from Classic Film Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:11:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insu#comment-6656 [...] So far, 2007 has been a year filled with an unusual amount of good copyright news for consumers and creators. First came the news (well covered by Bill, here and here) that, after years of resistance, E&O insurers were finally willing to cover documentary films that had not cleared rights to clips from earlier works that appeared in the film so long as the filmmaker reasonably concludes (and a lawyer agrees) that the clips are fair use. [...] [...] So far, 2007 has been a year filled with an unusual amount of good copyright news for consumers and creators. First came the news (well covered by Bill, here and here) that, after years of resistance, E&O insurers were finally willing to cover documentary films that had not cleared rights to clips from earlier works that appeared in the film so long as the filmmaker reasonably concludes (and a lawyer agrees) that the clips are fair use. [...]

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insurers/comment-page-1/#comment-6640 Info/Law » Joyce Fair Use Settlement: Good and Bad News Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:13:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insu#comment-6640 [...] CIS Director Larry Lessig promises that they will be involved in more such “impact” cases in the near future (and they just announced their great project with documentary filmmakers too). So I am hopeful. But it is back to the drawing board for now. [...] [...] CIS Director Larry Lessig promises that they will be involved in more such “impact” cases in the near future (and they just announced their great project with documentary filmmakers too). So I am hopeful. But it is back to the drawing board for now. [...]

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insurers/comment-page-1/#comment-6538 IP and Insurance at madisonian.net: a weblog about law, technology, and society Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:12:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2007/02/23/even-better-news-on-fair-use-and-insu#comment-6538 [...] [See also Bill McGeveran on this topic, at Info/Law.] [...] [...] [See also Bill McGeveran on this topic, at Info/Law.] [...]

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