Journalist Or "Person With A Video Camera"?

Journalist Or "Person With A Video Camera"?
CBS News, NY

As the Libby trial has induced a flood of ink discussing the increasing number of reporters confronted with subpoenas, the case of jailed blogger Josh Wolf. More HERE

The Big Viacom Sues GOOG & YouTube Roundup

Source: Search Engineland.com

Yesterday, news came out about Viacom suing Google for $1 billion over alleged video copyright infringement on YouTube. With some dust settling, I thought it would be helpful to recap some of the analysis out there. I'm pulling this roundup mostly from coverage you'll find on Techmeme. Come along, and we'll go through the official company statements from both sides, the actual case, the importance of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's "safe harbor" provision and how Viacom scoured YouTube to build its case. More HERE

Meanwhile, WaPo reports: Google confident digital liability law protects it

Google Inc. (GOOG.O) is confident its popular video-sharing site YouTube and other Web services Google offers have strong legal protections under current copyright law, company attorneys said on Tuesday.

Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N) ended six months of thinly veiled threats of legal action against YouTube earlier on Tuesday with a $1 billion lawsuit that accuses Google and YouTube of "massive intentional copyright infringement." More HERE

Is jailed blogger a journalist?

Concord Monitor, NH

But Wolf's rationale for withholding the video, and refusing to testify, is less than crystal clear. There are no confidential sources involved in the case. More HERE

Interview With Jailed Video Blogger

Interview With Jailed Video Blogger Josh Wolf
Slashdot

Video blogger and independent journalist Josh Wolf has been in a federal jail for 170 days for refusing to turn over to a federal grand jury a video of a San Francisco demonstration. On Feb. 6 Wolf's length of incarceration set a new record for US journalism. "Democracy Now!" has an interview with Josh Wolf from his jail cell. If federal authorities can jail bloggers with impunity, it does not bode well for the future of citizen journalism. More HERE


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Freelance video blogger will remain in jail

Disappointment as mediation fails to free US video blogger
CPJ Press Freedom Online, NY

New York, March 9, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is disappointed that a freelance video blogger will remain in jail after a court-appointed arbitrator was unable to mediate a settlement that could have led to the journalist’s release. Joshua Wolf has spent 198 days in jail, the longest incarceration of a journalist in U.S. history, for refusing to provide the court with a videotape of a 2005 protest.

“We’re disappointed these talks have thus far failed to lead to the release of Joshua Wolf,” said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. “There is no useful purpose in continuing to imprison this journalist.” More HERE.

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N3: Bringing Order to Online Video

Next New Networks aims to emulate the success of cable TV programming by creating new content, building an audience, and attracting advertising dollars

One recent Friday evening, Herb Scannell, the former MTV Networks (VIA) chairman who turned Nickelodeon into a powerhouse, was heading home when he poked his head into a room that was being remodeled for his growing New York company. He stopped short. An employee was handcuffed to a chair, while another stood over him, a naked light bulb swinging behind them. Corporate security run amok? Nope, just the filming of a parody interrogation to run on Scannell's new online video startup, Next New Networks.

Next New Networks, or N3, is part of an emerging group of companies that are attempting to create a kind of TV network for online videos. By pulling together elements of video blogging, audience submissions, and a big dollop of branding, the ad-supported N3 plans over the next three years to build a network of 100 super-niche channels on everything from news to pets. To start, this new Internet take on the TV studio system—N3 launches on Mar. 8—will feature six channels on subjects ranging from do-it-yourself clothing to comic book news. Link