Under the doctrine of fair use, a writer may freely quote a limited amount of copyrighted material. Documentary filmmakers, in an analogous situation, must get licenses for even small amounts of archival footage. Once those licenses expire, renewing them is complicated and expensive, but without such renewals, a documentary cannot legally be distributed or even restored. Could the Google Books-Authors Guild settlement push nonfiction books into a similar limbo?
Tag: 01.26.10
Pa. Academy Of Fine Arts Looks Forward To Floods Of Foot Traffic
The 205-year-old museum and art school sits directly across the street from the planned entrance to Philadelphia’s expanded Convention Center. Once the expansion is completed in early 2011, the Convention Center expects 1.5 million visitors a year – and the Academy is making plans to draw them in.
Star Tenor Smacks Down Telegraph Critic In Essay
In response to Rupert Christiansen’s savaging of the reality show Popstar to Opera Star, Rolando Villazón writes, “[Critics] claim they are merely defending the reality of opera, of which the programme is ‘in no way representative’. Would they be as angry watching people play Monopoly because that’s not how economics really work?”
‘You Ripped A Picasso?!’ A Gallery Of Expensive Art Accidents
The Daily Beast offers a slideshow of mishaps, “from a broken Michelangelo to an erased Shakespeare portrait.”
Too Much Information Taking A Toll On Classical Music
“[W]e tend to distance ourselves from the work by buttressing it in a carapace of facts that don’t actually affect our direct reaction to it. And as a result, that reaction gets more primitive.”
To Survive Downturn, Architects Look Overseas
“Instead of waiting for an economic rebound, three Chicago architects have formed an unusual alliance with one of the city’s largest developers to hunt for work in growing overseas markets like China.”
Victory Gardens Names Theatre For Former Tribune Critic
Richard “Christiansen, who retired from his post in 2002 after more than 40 years of reviewing Chicago-area theaters of all shapes and sizes, was especially known for his influential support of the off-Loop movement — in which Victory Gardens was a key early player.”
For Courtroom Artist, Prop. 8 Video Ruling Was Good News
“Vicki Behringer is an artist and a journalist. You know, when you watch a television story of a trial and see drawings or paintings of the witnesses and the judge, well, Behringer is painting those each day in the federal trial challenging Proposition 8, California[‘]s ban on gay marriage.”
On The Desperate Wrongheadedness Of Book Trailers
“[A]uthors are commonly told by publishers and independent publicists that a trailer is now an essential element of any book’s marketing campaign. … There’s a blind faith that book trailers, simply by virtue of being video and a form of new media on top of that, will magically” allow publishers “to partake of the mass market’s bounty.”
Take That Avatar Box-Office Triumph With A Grain Of Salt
Yes, “Avatar” has just become the highest-grossing movie ever — but the inflation of ticket prices is a big factor. “Given the current estimated average ticket prices of $7.46, ‘Avatar’ still needs to sell about 50 million more tickets before it matches the inflation-adjusted domestic gross of ‘Titanic.'”