E. Michael Harrington: Copyright Issues in YouTube, Second Life and...

I WILL BE SPEAKING in Ohio tomorrow at Bowling Green State University. I am thrilled at the invitation. This along with copyright craziness and workplace frenzy have kept me too busy to blog or notice that I moved from West 51st Street to the neighborhood of quiet.

I am going to place some of my potential notes and links here. This is not for human eyes. I will erase this out when I get back to Nashville Saturday night.

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...Cheating on a test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAjW1LU5-rE

Cheating has consequences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmQ8cEsiJO4

Contemporary classical improvised performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VzKXgswgd8

Another improvised piano piece with nice sustained chords � I like this one better though because it features two musicians:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hWGbdpYIic

Here is Ivo Papasov and his Wedding Band from David Sanborn's "Night Music," the best music television music series. It was too good and eclectic to last.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCweFfcV7Xo

Here are Varttina, an amazing folk group from Finland. This was recorded at the MIDEM 2006 Festival in France.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHSIUgF5x6g&mode=related&search=

YouTube and politics. "Macaca" and the end of the bully junior senator from Virginia, George Allen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90z0PMnKwI

Here is something frightening but true. The Attorney General of the U. S. wanted to defend the suspension of habeas corpus in the U. S. Habeas corpus has been the most important legal principle since 1215 but under the Bush administration it was considered to be an obstacle in the pursuit of terrorists.

So here we have Gonzales defending this outrageous policy while a prominent Republican Senator and a prominent Democratic senator question him.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HiZdA3A_5gQ&mode=related&search

And at least this Attorney General does not sing unlike John Ashcroft � remember him? He even put clothes on statues yet professed to love freedom. Oh God� Here�s one more assault! But at least it�s the short version from CNN � two minutes rather than five minutes in length...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riKGGWFqnH8

One more �straight story� on politics, and an Ohio story - this probably helped end Mike DeWine's senate career and and help Sherrod Brown:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NsvabYhdq7E

That must have something to do with DeWine being gone from the Senate!

Do you want to learn about the three principal forms of IP? I like this - it is something I do frequently just that I�ve not filmed myself for YouTube yet. This is Professor Hughes from the Cardozo Law School in NY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRqBCAnUDA

How about this � how to break the Copyright Law by copying and burning a copyrighted and copy protected DVD�.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iX8LiA0H6M&mode=related&search=

Or this video on how to use BitTorrent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za4WfIe-2J4

Or do you want to know about the Creative Commons? If you are in education or love learning, you must value CC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWxyx5iYdvI&mode=related&search=

EFF and the DMCA:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TcXzGYGkH4w&mode=related&search=

IP and patent law especially is extremely costly. Excerpt about IP in the EU:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cr9payw7uM

Being an American, I love to exercise my first Amendment rights of free speech � the ability to create parodies and watch, read and hear parodies. So, let�s get to some parodies of politicians:

You know Bush and Blair are close. The love Blair had for Clinton got transferred to George Bush when he became President in 2001.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-d4K-gBq_s&mode=related&search=

JIB JAB This Land Is Your Land

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The GREY ALBUM

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Some other activities of mine have come from the Internet as well. Both were very visible and prominent, again showing the importance of the Internet.

The GREY ALBUM video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3zJqihkLcGc

BEATALLICA

Play Beatallica examples and note that they are on YouTube�..

Now to

SECOND LIFE

Second Life � the WSJ has a reporter who only covers Second Life, that�s how important they think it is. Companies are launching products in Second Life to see how they might fare in First Life. Architects are building buildings, etc.

Harvard Law & Harvard Extension are offering a course that meets in Second Life. Here is Charlie Nesson on his motorcycle and then giving you the intro to his class that will meet in Second Life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNAhzwZkdU

Optional: in 72 hours, she builds her Second Life to exactly match her First Life in NYC, at the corner of 39th & 5th Avenue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmFwTrhTM7E&NR

Torly Linden and his tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-NhMedmnk&NR

Mashups:

The Shining � a family film

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sfout_rgPSA

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2681181?htv=12

Mary Poppins � a horror film:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2783650