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On Copyright and Capital

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24 January 2012 | history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com

On Copyright and Capital

Well I was going to join today’s ‘internet strike’ and close down the site for the day in solidarity with the movement against SOPA  – the proposed US Stop Online Piracy Act with its repressive measures against file sharing. Maybe I would even leave a cool message like this one from Libcom:

Screen Grabs, Fair Use, and the Digital Economy

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There is continuing confusion about the use of frame grabs for illustrating books and articles about film. It’s a question I get asked regularly, and yesterday there was a query about it on a discussion list I subscribe to, which prompts this post. My understanding is this. Read more