Andy Baio’s annual look at the availability of Oscar screeners online.
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Andy Baio was sued by photographer Jay Maisel over an 8-bit rendering of the cover photo of Miles Da
Andy Baio was sued by photographer Jay Maisel over an 8-bit rendering of the cover photo of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. This is a prime example of why there needs to be massive copyright (and general legal system) reform.
But this is important: the fact that I settled is not an admission of guilt. My lawyers and I firmly believe that the pixel art is “fair use” and Maisel and his counsel firmly disagree. I settled for one reason: this was the least expensive option available.
(If you’re unfamiliar, Andy organized the creation of Kind of Bloop, a chiptune tribute to the seminal Davis album. Ironically, he got permission to cover all of the music.)
UPDATE: Check out some of the comments on Maisel’s Facebook page.
UPDATE 2: Maisel closed his Facebook page.
Andy Baio explains how he indexed The Daily. More noteworthy is that he’s not going to do it anymore because his free subscription ended and after “an intimate look at what they have to offer… I don’t plan on subscribing.” That’s kind of my thinking, too. I’ve read The Daily’s headlines almost daily (ha!) since launch, and have yet to link to a single article.
While The Daily is ostensibly a newspaper on the iPad, Andy Baio has put together a Tumblr the index
While The Daily is ostensibly a newspaper on the iPad, Andy Baio has put together a Tumblr the indexes the publicly available web content. From his own site:
Why did I do this? The Daily’s publishing free, web-based versions to every article, but without an index, it’s very inconvenient to find or link to individual articles from the web. And since the iPad app appears to only carry today’s edition, it makes finding any historical articles you’ve paid for nearly impossible.
Frankly, I’m also very curious about the legal implications. My understanding is that linking to public news articles is unquestionably legal, and I believe that right should never be discouraged. It’s also worth noting that Google’s slowly indexing all the articles too, and search engines aren’t blocked in their robots.txt file.
But I’m still recovering from a legal nightmare last year (more on that soon), so if asked to stop publishing and delete the Tumblr, I will. (Lawyers: My email address is at the top of this page.)
Frankly, I’m more curious about the other legal situation he referenced.
As I noted yesterday, this “newspaper of the 21st century” is currently available only on iPads in the US. The medium is the message, right?
UPDATE: Rex Sorgatz notes:
Footnote: If you think about it, wouldn’t the ultimate awesome (intended?) strategy be for a bunch of these to pop up? Imagine if everyone just encountered The Daily through dozens of different homepages created by whoever felt the whimsy to design one. Brilliant!
The 2011 edition of Andy Baio’s Pirating the Oscars.
Continuing the trend from the last couple years, fewer screeners are leaking online by nomination day than ever. Last year at this time, only 41% of screeners leaked online; this year, that number drops again slightly to 38%.
Andy Baio’s Kind Of Bloop project has raised over $6,000. The original goal was $2,000. Someday I will write the definitive guide on when crowdsourcing does (Kind Of Bloop) and doesn’t (humor—like FML started to suck when more people began contributing) work.
