I don't think I can say it better than Aaron, so just watch.
Note: the main video above is also available in fully-free format at Archive.org.
Music Manumit Lawcast
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Introduction to Aaron Wolf and Snowdift.coop
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Expected Audience: Those interested in financially supporting free culture and having their free culture works financially supported.
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Ever since Nick and I decided to start what would become Netizen Empowerment Federation in January 2012, I have been thinking a lot about financial sustainability. It's the main reason I decided to broaden the scope of the Lawcast.
I think snowdrift.coop has a lot of promise for financial sustainability, but it isn't ready yet. I've spent some time today preparing to get people together to discuss what can be done now - or if waiting really is the best option. I decided that having a discussion where the focus was "get us from now to snowdrift.coop" did not make a lot of sense if people weren't familiar with snowdrift.coop.
Snowdrift.coop has an overwhelming amount of documentation and even if it was a little less overwhelming, some people wouldn't read it. That's why I have decided to provide subscribers with the audio to this interview.
Unfortunately, the audio is still a bit overwhelming at over two hours. Perhaps Aaron has the time to make it to our panel. Perhaps Aaron and I can do a shorter interview. I'll see what I can do.
For now, as said by Aaron:
"The show is a bit over two hours long and covers topics including: copyright, music business, economics, participatory vs performance-based music, philosophy of art, barbershop harmony, software freedom, and more. Overall, it's a good casual summary of my whole personal story of my life and career and how I came to my current understanding and feelings on these topics."
Here are the links (with just a bit of commentary) from the original post.
Expected Audience: Those interested in financially supporting free culture and having their free culture works financially supported.
mp3 audio | ogg audio | torrent (CC BY)
Ever since Nick and I decided to start what would become Netizen Empowerment Federation in January 2012, I have been thinking a lot about financial sustainability. It's the main reason I decided to broaden the scope of the Lawcast.
I think snowdrift.coop has a lot of promise for financial sustainability, but it isn't ready yet. I've spent some time today preparing to get people together to discuss what can be done now - or if waiting really is the best option. I decided that having a discussion where the focus was "get us from now to snowdrift.coop" did not make a lot of sense if people weren't familiar with snowdrift.coop.
Snowdrift.coop has an overwhelming amount of documentation and even if it was a little less overwhelming, some people wouldn't read it. That's why I have decided to provide subscribers with the audio to this interview.
Unfortunately, the audio is still a bit overwhelming at over two hours. Perhaps Aaron has the time to make it to our panel. Perhaps Aaron and I can do a shorter interview. I'll see what I can do.
For now, as said by Aaron:
"The show is a bit over two hours long and covers topics including: copyright, music business, economics, participatory vs performance-based music, philosophy of art, barbershop harmony, software freedom, and more. Overall, it's a good casual summary of my whole personal story of my life and career and how I came to my current understanding and feelings on these topics."
Here are the links (with just a bit of commentary) from the original post.
- wolftune.com
- snowdrift.coop
- http://blog.ninapaley.com/2013/12/07/make-art-not-law-2/
- http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/
- http://taskcoach.org/
- http://blog.wolftune.com/2012/08/copyingisfun1.html
- http://blog.wolftune.com/2012/08/copyingisfun2.html
- https://archive.org/details/CopyingIsNotTheftForBarbershopQuartet
- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/inaugural-stupid-patent-month
- http://sitasingstheblues.com/
- http://rynothebearded.com/2013/06/the-jazzcast-after-party/
- http://spencermichaud.bandcamp.com/
- http://www.spencermichaud.com/
- http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/12/28/the-cult-of-originality/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RiP!:_A_Remix_Manifesto
- http://vimeo.com/8040182
- https://torrentfreak.com/lawrence-lessig-wins-damages-for-bogus-youtube-takedown-140228/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYwOtTMUz0c
- Aaron’s summary of the whole copyright thing, with the library emphasis (with tons of links, and updated continually since the original 2008 posting): http://blog.wolftune.com/2008/06/rational-view-of-copyright.html
Friday, September 12, 2014
Ongoing Lawcast Hiatus, but Broader Focus
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I will add two things.
First, I will confirm that there is no schedule for returning. I will develop a plan after October 8. I'm in a bit of a holding pattern until then. I am unsure of how long after Oct 8 it will take me. That will depend on what I find out on Oct 8.
Second, I will note that I have a new Patreon listing. I suppose I should add a tier where I end the hiatus. That will be my next step after publishing this!
The hiatus from blogs and audio shows doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about things...
As of the moment, I am calling this "Law & Policy" but I'm thinking music education, music technology, and basically, the type of stuff that doesn't really fit in the weekly Music Manumit show. Also, it will give me the opportunity to bring people into Music Manumit that can't work on the normal Music Manumit schedule. For example, Jason of Lame Drivers has a Friday night conflict.
Basically, since the Lawcast is only me now (although I'm happy to have this change), there's no reason for it not to have more of my voice. The end of Brian's involvement was the trademark show, so I guess it makes sense that the next post after that would be an announcement of this sort.
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I. Ongoing Hiatus
I don't think this needs a lot. The reasons for the hiatus were briefly documented here before and there's been even more on my personal blog.I will add two things.
First, I will confirm that there is no schedule for returning. I will develop a plan after October 8. I'm in a bit of a holding pattern until then. I am unsure of how long after Oct 8 it will take me. That will depend on what I find out on Oct 8.
Second, I will note that I have a new Patreon listing. I suppose I should add a tier where I end the hiatus. That will be my next step after publishing this!
The hiatus from blogs and audio shows doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about things...
II. Broader Focus
I have already mentioned this in public, but not on the blog. Recent discussions about projectEqualize prompted me to make sure it was on the blog. The Lawcast is going to become a location for academic-type discussions around music, including panel discussions about the future of Creative Commons music.As of the moment, I am calling this "Law & Policy" but I'm thinking music education, music technology, and basically, the type of stuff that doesn't really fit in the weekly Music Manumit show. Also, it will give me the opportunity to bring people into Music Manumit that can't work on the normal Music Manumit schedule. For example, Jason of Lame Drivers has a Friday night conflict.
Basically, since the Lawcast is only me now (although I'm happy to have this change), there's no reason for it not to have more of my voice. The end of Brian's involvement was the trademark show, so I guess it makes sense that the next post after that would be an announcement of this sort.
III. Panel
If I were ready to end the hiatus, this is where I'd announce a panel discussion on what the community wants out of projectEqualize. I really would like to do that, but I don't have time to put something like that together right now. Based on the loose timetable Mike recently gave, it seems reasonable to think I can pull together a panel before projectEqualize is complete. At this point, all I can say, is watch this space.Flattr
Friday, May 2, 2014
Trademark Basics 1: Intro to Trademarks
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Expected Audience: Law Students and those interested in trademark basics
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This is a joint work by Doug and Brian. Brian is on voice. Doug edited and typed. Technically speaking, I'm still on hiatus, though I do have a back catalog of shows that need editing. I may very well get those out the door in the next few days.
I'm not entirely sure what took me so long to get this out. Maybe archive.org was down when I tried to upload it back in January?
Originally, this was supposed to be a series. It still might be. The other planned articles in the trademark basics series were going to be What is a Trademark?, Ownership and Use, Loss of Trademark Rights, Infringement, False Designation of Origin, Advertising, Dilution and Remedies. I was also planning to cover Tax and Trademarks/Goodwill, Trademarks and Ethnic Music, and Access to Gray Market Goods at some point. If I get donations or even requests, I may end up completing the series. Donation information is both on the right and at the bottom of this article.
And for those of you that are deaf, and I know there is at least one likely to see this, in the future the series may be text. I've got to figure out financials before I think about continuing the series. However, as with everything, feedback will speed up the process!
Until next time!
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This is a joint work by Doug and Brian. Brian is on voice. Doug edited and typed. Technically speaking, I'm still on hiatus, though I do have a back catalog of shows that need editing. I may very well get those out the door in the next few days.
I'm not entirely sure what took me so long to get this out. Maybe archive.org was down when I tried to upload it back in January?
Originally, this was supposed to be a series. It still might be. The other planned articles in the trademark basics series were going to be What is a Trademark?, Ownership and Use, Loss of Trademark Rights, Infringement, False Designation of Origin, Advertising, Dilution and Remedies. I was also planning to cover Tax and Trademarks/Goodwill, Trademarks and Ethnic Music, and Access to Gray Market Goods at some point. If I get donations or even requests, I may end up completing the series. Donation information is both on the right and at the bottom of this article.
And for those of you that are deaf, and I know there is at least one likely to see this, in the future the series may be text. I've got to figure out financials before I think about continuing the series. However, as with everything, feedback will speed up the process!
Until next time!
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Not Quite an Episode
This is a rerun of the Music Manumit Podcast on July 7th, 2010. This was supposed to go out before Nick and I did the interview with Pete, but it didn't. Better late than never. And just in case you're curious, I'm still technically on hiatus.
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From Music Manumit Podcast:We talk with Pete Prodoehl, who's been involved in many disciplines of the creative arts, from music to photography, as well as videography, writing, drawing, and general computer hackery. Pete has been involved in open source software, and many other open initiatives such as BarCamp, Bucketworks, Web414, and MilwaukeeDevHouse. Check out Pete's music here. And the his photography here.
Pete tells us the story of how the media used one of his works, and the outcome of his pursuit to make them follow the CC license.
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From Music Manumit Podcast:We talk with Pete Prodoehl, who's been involved in many disciplines of the creative arts, from music to photography, as well as videography, writing, drawing, and general computer hackery. Pete has been involved in open source software, and many other open initiatives such as BarCamp, Bucketworks, Web414, and MilwaukeeDevHouse. Check out Pete's music here. And the his photography here.
Pete tells us the story of how the media used one of his works, and the outcome of his pursuit to make them follow the CC license.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Free Culture Baltimore and Baltimore/Maryland 2600
Expected Audience: Baltimorians, Marylanders and those from the surrounding area.
I'm still on hiatus, but this is related enough to my work at Hopkins that I should take the time to do it. This is only vaguely related to the law, but I'll be bringing my legal knowledge to both projects, so I feel like it is worth a share here.
I. Free Culture Baltimore is an organization I am starting to bring my local community of free culture thinkers together. The intent is to become a local chapter of the Free Culture Foundation. My last day in my current position at Hopkins is April 24th, and it has been clear for some time that there is not a go-to person here (other than me) for free culture issues. It is not that there aren't people at Hopkins that couldn't figure it out. In fact, the JHU School of Public Health decided to release some course materials under a CC BY-NC-SA before I was here. [I personally disagree with the -NC part of that decision, but they are following the example set by MIT and this is not really the place for a general post about OCW (though I'm happy to do a longer post if people are interested). If you want to look at some data about OCW, I encourage you to look at and contribute to the spreadsheet I have started.]
As with all of my projects, I try to be realistic and not take on too much. Considering my current list of projects (NEF, MEF, Sportazine, Music Manumit, OSP), I don't realistically see Free Culture Baltimore as becoming anything more than a mailing list. I certainly hope I'm wrong about that, but I will need strong participation from others. Part of my hesitance on predicting more for the organization is that I could find out in October that I am leaving Baltimore in July 2015. If I don't leave then, I almost certainly will in July 2016. I'm sure my move will be discussed on the show once I know where I are headed. I'll immediately start looking for free culture opportunities in the next city, and while their is a list of cities, I don't think it makes much sense to speculate right now (although, again, if people are interested, I'm happy to share).
I do want to take a moment to think big about Free Culture Baltimore, because very few people are going to be excited about a mailing list. I think almost everything I'd like to do is a local implementation of things I'd like to do with NEF, but since not everyone reading this will be familiar with NEF, it is worth mentioning some explicit goals:
1. Get more people using federated social media, such as mediagoblin, which is currently running a funding campaign.
2. Get more people using free software generally.
3. Help creators understand both in- and out-licensing.
4. Help creators with crowd-funding campaigns.
5. Help creators with live exhibitions, shows, talks or however one might present material in physical space.
To be a little more specific, it'd be great if we could get local institutions like the Peabody Conservatory and MICA to release more material under a Creative Commons license. Which institutions end up doing what, if anything, really depends on who ends up joining the organization. I'm new to the area, so my local connections are limited.
II. Maryland 2600, which appears to have also gone by the name 2600 Group Baltimore, seems to no longer exist. Their twitter and LiveJournal are no longer maintained and both the .org and .net websites no longer exists. Strictly speaking, this isn't a music project, but I'd really like to find some answers and I know a lot of our audience are tech people. Specifically, I'd like to know if the meetings still take place, because they are still listed in the quarterly meeting list. I tried to go last Friday, but I couldn't find any group at the Barnes & Noble that looked like a 2600 group. Of course, since I've never been to a meeting, I didn't really know what I sought. In case you're wondering what 2600 is, you should check out the global 2600 website.
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I'm still on hiatus, but this is related enough to my work at Hopkins that I should take the time to do it. This is only vaguely related to the law, but I'll be bringing my legal knowledge to both projects, so I feel like it is worth a share here.
I. Free Culture Baltimore is an organization I am starting to bring my local community of free culture thinkers together. The intent is to become a local chapter of the Free Culture Foundation. My last day in my current position at Hopkins is April 24th, and it has been clear for some time that there is not a go-to person here (other than me) for free culture issues. It is not that there aren't people at Hopkins that couldn't figure it out. In fact, the JHU School of Public Health decided to release some course materials under a CC BY-NC-SA before I was here. [I personally disagree with the -NC part of that decision, but they are following the example set by MIT and this is not really the place for a general post about OCW (though I'm happy to do a longer post if people are interested). If you want to look at some data about OCW, I encourage you to look at and contribute to the spreadsheet I have started.]
As with all of my projects, I try to be realistic and not take on too much. Considering my current list of projects (NEF, MEF, Sportazine, Music Manumit, OSP), I don't realistically see Free Culture Baltimore as becoming anything more than a mailing list. I certainly hope I'm wrong about that, but I will need strong participation from others. Part of my hesitance on predicting more for the organization is that I could find out in October that I am leaving Baltimore in July 2015. If I don't leave then, I almost certainly will in July 2016. I'm sure my move will be discussed on the show once I know where I are headed. I'll immediately start looking for free culture opportunities in the next city, and while their is a list of cities, I don't think it makes much sense to speculate right now (although, again, if people are interested, I'm happy to share).
I do want to take a moment to think big about Free Culture Baltimore, because very few people are going to be excited about a mailing list. I think almost everything I'd like to do is a local implementation of things I'd like to do with NEF, but since not everyone reading this will be familiar with NEF, it is worth mentioning some explicit goals:
1. Get more people using federated social media, such as mediagoblin, which is currently running a funding campaign.
2. Get more people using free software generally.
3. Help creators understand both in- and out-licensing.
4. Help creators with crowd-funding campaigns.
5. Help creators with live exhibitions, shows, talks or however one might present material in physical space.
To be a little more specific, it'd be great if we could get local institutions like the Peabody Conservatory and MICA to release more material under a Creative Commons license. Which institutions end up doing what, if anything, really depends on who ends up joining the organization. I'm new to the area, so my local connections are limited.
II. Maryland 2600, which appears to have also gone by the name 2600 Group Baltimore, seems to no longer exist. Their twitter and LiveJournal are no longer maintained and both the .org and .net websites no longer exists. Strictly speaking, this isn't a music project, but I'd really like to find some answers and I know a lot of our audience are tech people. Specifically, I'd like to know if the meetings still take place, because they are still listed in the quarterly meeting list. I tried to go last Friday, but I couldn't find any group at the Barnes & Noble that looked like a 2600 group. Of course, since I've never been to a meeting, I didn't really know what I sought. In case you're wondering what 2600 is, you should check out the global 2600 website.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
Lawcast Hiatus
I am currently looking for post-graduation employment. Writing various cover letters and such is going to take up much of the time I previously spent on Music Manumit Lawcast.
If something important comes up, I'll be sure to share it here, but until then, I am on hiatus.
This will NOT change the non-Lawcast Music Manumit output in any way.
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If something important comes up, I'll be sure to share it here, but until then, I am on hiatus.
This will NOT change the non-Lawcast Music Manumit output in any way.
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