Technology in the Arts #38

In our most recent episode, Brad interviews Jonathan Coulton, an independent musician known by millions of geeks as the guy who wrote the song Still Alive for the award-winning console game Portal.

Coulton discusses his use of Creative Commons and other online practices to build a rabid and connected fan base.

Creative Commons allows an artist to apply a standard copyright and then scale back the restrictions. While many musicians and record executives are trying to find ways to lock down their songs, Coulton has found a way to make money giving his music away. (But please... be kind and pay what you can. The guy's good and deserves to eat.)

Check out Coulton's songs here.

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Technology in the Arts #35

In our most recent episode, Brad interviews Peter Jaszi, co-author of a new study by the Center for Social Media at American University that examines user-generated content with respect to copyright issues. The study was conducted by Center director Pat Aufderheide and Jaszi, co-director of the law school’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. The study shows that many online videos using copyrighted material could be protected under fair use policies.

Fair use, a hotly debated concept that lacks clear guidelines, allows for the quoting of copyrighted material without asking permission or paying royalties. The study warns that perfectly legal and valuable social commentary might be curbed by major content holders' (Sony, NBC, Viacom, etc.) new practices for controlling piracy.

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Technology in the Arts #31

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #31

In our most recent episode, Brad and Jason discuss Thanksgiving, the Broadway stagehand strike and the popular constituent management database Salesforce.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

Backstage.com - Updates on the stagehand strike, which fortunately came to a close on Thursday, Nov. 29. Read more about the agreement that was reached.

Salesforce.com - Web-based customer (or constituent) relationship management. Check out the company's nonprofit resource center at www.salesforcefoundation.org/resources.

Photosynth - Microsoft-developed tool that takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities using complex algorithms, and displays them in a reconstructed 3D space.

Humblevoice.com - Brad's "Cool Sites of the Episode" entry. This online artist community allows members to maintain and manage a roster of friends, family and fans, and share their art with their network and the general public.

Prosper.com - Jason's "CSotE" entry. This site cuts out corporate lenders and lets people borrow money from other people.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Technology in the Arts #30

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #30

In our most recent episode, Brad and Jason discuss the Writer's Guild of America strike, the new beta version of Joomla!, and Brad's reasons for switching to a Mac... for good.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

United Hollywood - Updates on the WGA strike.

Joomla! - Joomla!, an easy-to-use content management system.

DanceJam - DanceJam is still an invite-only beta, but bookmark the site now for future online booty shaking.

Kompoz - A collaborative music composition tool.

Layer Tennis - Graphic artists compete with Photoshop layers.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.