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Disney Mashup on Fairuse and Copyright

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Stanford's Fair Use Project--to which Stanford Law professor, Copyright guru, Creative Commons advocate and Wired. Click here to play. writer Lawrence Lessig contributes--was founded last year to "support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of fair use in order to enhance creative freedom.

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Personal Health Data: It’s Amazing Potential and Privacy Perils

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Opendata question is also critical – how do you know whether data you release will be dangerous in future mashups? This lead me to a project called “ Capture the Ocean ,” a research project designed to help identify and understand the laws regulate the collection, use, and storage of data.

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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

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copyright laws can be severe; if you have any question as to whether something constitutes fair use, err on the side of caution and double-check with the copyright owner or consult an attorney. Specifically, since the mashup uses clips from a copyrighted Frank Capra film, is this a copyright violation or an example of fair use ?

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Also I would add to Matts list consultants and technical practictioners with mashup expertise. Imagine someone who can offer to mashup your Advocacy Campaign results with Google Maps, or Fundraising Campaigns with Amazon and eBay. Perhaps your eStore products within Craigslist and so on.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another. Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API Many people are experimenting with mashups using Google, eBay, Amazon, Windows Live, and Yahoos APIs. Examples of Mashups. Who Is Sick?

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Also I would add to Matts list consultants and technical practictioners with mashup expertise. Imagine someone who can offer to mashup your Advocacy Campaign results with Google Maps, or Fundraising Campaigns with Amazon and eBay. Perhaps your eStore products within Craigslist and so on.

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The Magic Tweet: Crowdsourcing Opera Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few months back, the San Francisco Symphony used YouTube to crowdsource auditions for a mashup peformance. This is known as Sturgeon's Law. This isn't the first time a classical music organization has turned to social media and crowdsourcing. How do you evaluate this? Think legos. Remember the 90% is Crap Rule.