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Get my book! – The Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’s Legal Survival Guide

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Gordon Firemark • 0 Comments

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Not too long ago, I wrote an ebook for creators and distributors of online media content. Today, I had sever

al inquiries from folks who'd have avoided some rather big problems, if they'd had the knowledge contained in the book.

So, I thought it time to mention it again. If you're producing content on the internet, whether it's YouTube videos, blogs, podcasts, or social-media haiku, you're distributing content. That can be fraught with legal pitfalls. You need the information in this book. Or, someday, you may need a lawyer.

Get the book at http://podcastlawbook.com

(available for kindle, ibooks, or as a .pdf.)

Why the distinction between “new” media and “traditional” media is pointless, and a little dangerous.

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Gordon Firemark • 4 Comments

Since the development of the Internet and the World-Wide-Web, there's been this peculiar distinction between “old”, or “traditional” or “mainstream” media and the “new” forms such as blogs, podcasts, Internet radio, and video sharing, such as seen on services like YouTube. It's time we all stopped thinking this way. As the “new” media have taken root, and as the masses have adopted the Internet as their primary source for news and entertainment, these distinctions no longer make much sense. The Internet and Web have become the mainstream. Print, Radio and Television are rapidly becoming outlyers.

What, after all, is the REAL difference between an article printed in an old-style newspaper or magazine, and one published on a web-page or blog? The only real difference (leaving aside qualitative questions for a moment) is the means of distribution. Continue Reading

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