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DMCA Update

Submitted by .fcoppa on 4 March 2012 - 12:47am

On March 2, 2012, the OTW's legal team filed a Reply Comment (PDF) in support of the EFF's petition to the Library of Congress to renew the DMCA exemption for noncommercial remixers, such as vidders. Special thanks to Legal Committee members Rachael Vaughn and Rebecca Tushnet for their work, as well as to all the fans who helped us explain why high quality clips are important to vidding and why remix matters!

Next stop: testifying in DC. We'll keep you posted!

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Vidders and other Fan Video Artists - We Need You!

Submitted by .fcoppa on 4 February 2012 - 3:25pm

Stand with EFF and OTW

Read more about the 2012 exemption proceedings here.

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Show Your Support for the Right to Remix

Submitted by .fcoppa on 29 January 2012 - 1:04am

--written by Rachael Vaughn, OTW Legal Committee

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Stop ACTA

Submitted by Claudia Rebaza on 24 January 2012 - 11:16pm

In a week following widespread Internet protests against proposed legislation in the U.S., there is an effort going on internationally to protest the potential effects of ACTA. The OTW is concerned about this treaty which has potentially large implications but about which there has been very little information.

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OTW action on SOPA/PIPA

Submitted by Lucy Pearson on 17 January 2012 - 11:23pm

The internet has been abuzz recently with comments about the 'Stop Online Piracy Act' (SOPA) currently under debate in the US House of Representatives, and its counterpart the 'Protect IP Act' (PIPA) in the Senate.

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Extending the DMCA Exemption for Noncommercial Remixers

Submitted by .fcoppa on 23 December 2011 - 7:19pm

Legal and vidding committee members Rebecca Tushnet, Rachael Vaughn and Francesca Coppa have collaborated with the EFF on a proposal (download the .pdf) to the Library of Congress to renew and extend the DMCA exemption for Noncommercial Remixers.

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Spotlight on opposition to SOPA/Protect IP Act

Submitted by Claudia Rebaza on 15 December 2011 - 5:00pm

The OTW alerted fans back in October to the introduction of bills in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives that threatened fair use and fan practices on online sites, and later urged fans to make their voices heard regarding this alarming legislation.

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To the Industry, We're All Tapeworms (the E-PARASITE act)

Submitted by .fcoppa on 31 October 2011 - 3:48pm

Written by OTW Legal Committee member Sarah Trombley

Apparently, the Internet likes pirates too much (blame Johnny Depp)—now people engaging in Internet activity of which the content industry doesn't approve are being labeled "parasites."

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DMCA Exemption Proposal - Video Makers, We Need YOU!

Submitted by .fcoppa on 30 October 2011 - 6:54pm

The OTW's Legal and Vidding Committees have started working on the renewal of our hard-won exemption to the US DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act)'s provisions on digital rights management for noncommercial remixers--and we need your help! If you vid or make other forms of fan video by ripping DVDs or Blueray discs; if you rip footage from a streaming service like Hulu, Itunes Streaming, or Amazon Unbox, please get in touch!

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