Friday, April 20, 2007
Startup thoughts from Web 2.0 Expo - Copyright Law Basics
I attended a great talk by Fred von Lohmann, a Senior Intellectual Property Attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He gave a great introduction to the must-do's for any websites that solicit User Generated Content.
Obviously, you can do more research on these topics with Google, but I'm blogging this just for ease-of-finding for myself in the future. Enjoy.
Get On An Island
1 - Register a Copyright Agent (costs <$75)
2 - You must have Notice and Takedown rules
3 - Have an Infringer Termination Policy
Stay On The Island
1 - "Red Flag" knowledge
2 - Direct financial benefit + Control
Obviously, you can do more research on these topics with Google, but I'm blogging this just for ease-of-finding for myself in the future. Enjoy.
Get On An Island
1 - Register a Copyright Agent (costs <$75)
2 - You must have Notice and Takedown rules
3 - Have an Infringer Termination Policy
Stay On The Island
1 - "Red Flag" knowledge
2 - Direct financial benefit + Control
Labels: copyright, copyright agent, eff, electronic frontier foundation, fred von lohmann, infringer termination policy, intellectual property, notice and takedown, ugc, user generated content, web2expo
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