I joined New Media Rights at SxSW Interactive in Austin Texas this year for their panel Stand Up To Content Bullies, Know Your Copy Rights. On the panel I recounted my recent battle with Lionsgate Entertainment to have my fair use Buffy vs Edward remix restored after they had it removed from YouTube via a bogus DMCA takedown. I […]
UPDATE: On January 10th, less than 48 hours after I published this blog post, I received a one line email from The YouTube Team stating simply “The content has been reinstated.” No explanation or other information was provided. But Buffy vs Edward is now back on YouTube and can be viewed here. The copyright infringement “strike” also appears to be gone as […]
Last year I used the HTML5 <video> element combined with the PopcornJS framework to dynamically display source media data in separate boxes around my Donald Duck Meets Glenn Beck remix as the video played in real time. This time around I was interested in exploring ways to layer data directly on top of the video […]
I just received the exciting news that an essay I wrote entitled “‘What Would Buffy Do?': Notes on Dusting Edward Cullen” has won the Short Mr. Pointy Award at the fourth biennial Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses at Flagler College in St. Augustine Florida. The “Mr. Pointy” Awards are presented to the best scholarly works […]
I’m excited to announce that my Buffy vs Edward: Twilight Remixed video has just been nominated for a 2010 Webby Award in the Best Remix/Mashup category! Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is one of the leading international awards honoring excellence on the Internets. Since its online […]
