I’m Just Saying: Can the Seven Dwarves of Menopause Not Be Infringement?
March 16th 2009
The Disney images of the Seven Dwarves are now being associated with the symptoms of menopause. The ghost of Walt Disney can’t be psyched about this.
Copyright Law
AP Slaps Shepard Fairey Back
March 13th 2009
The Associated Press struck back as it countersued Shepard Fairey this week. The AP claims Fairey’s usage of an AP photo was uncredited and uncompensated, and violates copyright law. They added that it’s also a threat to journalism. The AP is seeking profits and damages. Apparently, Fairey used several companies to market the derivative work, […]
New Tool Watches for Image and Logo Misuse: Protects Copyrights and Trademarks Online
March 6th 2009
Over the next few weeks UsefulArts.US will be featuring some exciting new tools you can use to protect your online intellectual property. Anyone can describe the online risks to copyright and trademark holders, but if you read these posts you’ll find some exciting new ways to protect your assets, often with free services. Searching and […]
Google, Gambling, Gay XBOX & More Online Law “News”
March 4th 2009
Will Obama Break Google Up? Stop laughing. Christine Varney, Obama’s pick to head Justice’s anti-trust unit, describes Google as “quickly gathering market power in what I would call an online computing environment in the clouds”…“When all our enterprises move to computing in the clouds and there is a single firm that is offering a comprehensive […]
RIAA Update: The Death Star Goes Boom
March 3rd 2009
According to music business blog Hypebot, there are massive lay-offs at the RIAA. The place is going boom! “It is about 90-100+ people across the US and global offices – anti-piracy, coordinated IFPI/BPI etc – trust me it’s a bloodbath… (Major label heads) Hands, Morris are squeezing the ____ out of these guys after the […]
Facebook: Lead, Follow or Gimme a Hug
February 27th 2009
Hot off the erm… screen: Another Facebook note concerning their change in the Terms of Service: they’re soliciting user input on how to shape it. So go ahead, all 175 million Facebook users. Flood Facebook central with your grocery list of demands, desires and dreams. That’ll work. Today we announced new opportunities for users to […]
Facebook Reverses Its ToS Change
February 18th 2009
The folks over at Facebook seem overwhelmed by the response they have received since Sunday, when the website The Consumerist posted an article about a change in Facebook’s Terms of Service. About-Face (Book) Notice of their reversal was available on their service today: Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback […]
Facebook’s New ToS: We Own Your Stuff Forever
February 17th 2009
In 2007, Facebook was valued by Microsoft at about $15 billion. It garners substantially less financial enthusiasm these days, at about $3-$4 billion. Not too shabby. Of course, the big question is why. Has it actually made a profit, or is this 1999 again? The valuation may very well be based upon the data Facebook […]
Street Artist vs AP: Fair Use or Violation?
February 12th 2009
Street artist Shepard Fairey used an Associated Press (AP) photograph as the basis of his famous artistic treatment of then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama. That fact is not in dispute. The AP contacted Mr. Fairey in an attempt to secure credit and compensation. Although the AP has not started formal legal proceedings against Fairey, Fairey decided […]
It’s … Monty Python’s Big Score!
February 6th 2009
In what can be compared to finding the Holy Grail, the results are in for Monty Python’s efforts to encourage their legion of fans to refrain from supporting illegal uploading of their work onto the internet and buy Python DVDs. In a previous article, we described how Python was building their own YouTube channel, which will […]
About Dave Wieneke, Digital Strategist
The future of digital experiences will be built by strategists who grasp the full array of emerging business, social, and technical models. Specialties in user experience, branding, application design, and data science are laying the foundation for richer user experiences and business models breakthrough products and revenue based marketing.
UsefulArts is a soapbox to discuss the front line of digital experience, and the agencies and platforms that enable it. Digital business needs a cadre of leaders who can connect c-level enterprise thinking with the ways these new interaction models can help organizations to matter more to their most important stakeholders.